#BCA65A#BCA65A

#BCA65A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA65A
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -1.87, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 41.97, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0063 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.1 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2220, 38.7036, 15.2335)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA65A #5A70BC

analogous

#BC755A #BCA65A #A1BC5A

triadic

#BCA65A #5ABCA6 #A65ABC

tetradic

#BCA65A #5ABC75 #5A70BC #BC5AA1

square

#BCA65A #5ABC75 #5A70BC #BC5AA1

split-complementary

#BCA65A #5AA1BC #755ABC

monochromatic

#6F602D #9A863F #BCA65A #CEBD86 #DFD5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA65A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA65A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08a',
    500: '#bca65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca65a;
$custom-light: #d2c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA65A

secondary

#A4ADCE

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA65A

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

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