#BCA647#BCA647

#BCA647 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA647
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -3.36, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 50.95, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0128 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.117 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5141, 38.4204, 11.5052)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA647 #475DBC

analogous

#BC6B47 #BCA647 #97BC47

triadic

#BCA647 #47BCA6 #A647BC

tetradic

#BCA647 #47BC6B #475DBC #BC4797

square

#BCA647 #47BC6B #475DBC #BC4797

split-complementary

#BCA647 #4797BC #6B47BC

monochromatic

#645824 #918035 #BCA647 #CCBC74 #DDD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA647 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BCA647 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA647

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA647	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA647	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)

#B6A23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca647;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07e',
    500: '#bca647',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca647;
$custom-light: #d3c07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca647",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA647

secondary

#959FC9

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA647

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

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