#BCA64E#BCA64E

#BCA64E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA64E
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -2.86, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 47.74, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0105 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.111 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7519, 38.5155, 12.7573)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA64E #4E64BC

analogous

#BC6F4E #BCA64E #9BBC4E

triadic

#BCA64E #4EBCA6 #A64EBC

tetradic

#BCA64E #4EBC6F #4E64BC #BC4E9B

square

#BCA64E #4EBC6F #4E64BC #BC4E9B

split-complementary

#BCA64E #4E9BBC #6F4EBC

monochromatic

#685B27 #958238 #BCA64E #CDBC7A #DED3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA64E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA64E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c082',
    500: '#bca64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca64e;
$custom-light: #d3c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA64E

secondary

#9BA4CB

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA64E

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

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