#BCA646#BCA646

#BCA646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA646
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -3.43, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 51.40, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0131 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4823, 38.4077, 11.3376)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA646 #465CBC

analogous

#BC6B46 #BCA646 #97BC46

triadic

#BCA646 #46BCA6 #A646BC

tetradic

#BCA646 #46BC6B #465CBC #BC4697

square

#BCA646 #46BC6B #465CBC #BC4697

split-complementary

#BCA646 #4697BC #6B46BC

monochromatic

#645824 #907F34 #BCA646 #CCBC73 #DDD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BCA646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA646

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA646	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07d',
    500: '#bca646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca646;
$custom-light: #d3c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA646

secondary

#959EC9

accent

#6AD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA646

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

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