#BCA64A#BCA64A

#BCA64A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA64A
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -3.15, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 49.59, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0119 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6128, 38.4599, 12.0249)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA64A #4A60BC

analogous

#BC6D4A #BCA64A #99BC4A

triadic

#BCA64A #4ABCA6 #A64ABC

tetradic

#BCA64A #4ABC6D #4A60BC #BC4A99

square

#BCA64A #4ABC6D #4A60BC #BC4A99

split-complementary

#BCA64A #4A99BC #6D4ABC

monochromatic

#665A26 #938136 #BCA64A #CDBC77 #DDD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA64A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA64A	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)

#B5A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c080',
    500: '#bca64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca64a;
$custom-light: #d3c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA64A

secondary

#98A1CA

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA64A

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

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