#BCA649#BCA649

#BCA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA649
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -3.22, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 50.05, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0122 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.116 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5794, 38.4465, 11.8489)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA649 #495FBC

analogous

#BC6C49 #BCA649 #98BC49

triadic

#BCA649 #49BCA6 #A649BC

tetradic

#BCA649 #49BC6C #495FBC #BC4998

square

#BCA649 #49BC6C #495FBC #BC4998

split-complementary

#BCA649 #4998BC #6C49BC

monochromatic

#655925 #928036 #BCA649 #CCBC76 #DDD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA649

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA649	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07f',
    500: '#bca649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca649;
$custom-light: #d3c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA649

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA649

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

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