#BCA54E#BCA54E

#BCA54E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA54E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -2.32, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 47.40, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.009 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.11 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5708, 38.1534, 12.6969)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA54E #4E65BC

analogous

#BC6E4E #BCA54E #9CBC4E

triadic

#BCA54E #4EBCA5 #A54EBC

tetradic

#BCA54E #4EBC6E #4E65BC #BC4E9C

square

#BCA54E #4EBC6E #4E65BC #BC4E9C

split-complementary

#BCA54E #4E9CBC #6E4EBC

monochromatic

#685B27 #958138 #BCA54E #CDBC7A #DED2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BCA54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA54E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA54E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf82',
    500: '#bca54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca54e;
$custom-light: #d3bf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA54E

secondary

#9BA5CB

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA54E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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