#BCA65B#BCA65B

#BCA65B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA65B
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -1.78, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 41.47, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0059 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.099 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2649, 38.7207, 15.4591)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA65B #5B71BC

analogous

#BC765B #BCA65B #A1BC5B

triadic

#BCA65B #5BBCA6 #A65BBC

tetradic

#BCA65B #5BBC76 #5B71BC #BC5BA1

square

#BCA65B #5BBC76 #5B71BC #BC5BA1

split-complementary

#BCA65B #5BA1BC #765BBC

monochromatic

#6F602D #9B863F #BCA65B #CEBE86 #E0D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA65B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA65B	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)

#B4A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08b',
    500: '#bca65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca65b;
$custom-light: #d2c08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA65B

secondary

#A5AECE

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA65B

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

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