#BCA54F#BCA54F

#BCA54F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA54F
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -2.25, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 46.93, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0087 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.109 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6069, 38.1678, 12.8872)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA54F #4F66BC

analogous

#BC6E4F #BCA54F #9DBC4F

triadic

#BCA54F #4FBCA5 #A54FBC

tetradic

#BCA54F #4FBC6E #4F66BC #BC4F9D

square

#BCA54F #4FBC6E #4F66BC #BC4F9D

split-complementary

#BCA54F #4F9DBC #6E4FBC

monochromatic

#695B28 #958239 #BCA54F #CDBC7B #DED2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BCA54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA54F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA54F	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)

#B4A247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf83',
    500: '#bca54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca54f;
$custom-light: #d3bf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA54F

secondary

#9CA6CB

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA54F

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

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