#BCA65D#BCA65D

#BCA65D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA65D
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -1.60, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 40.49, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0052 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.097 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3523, 38.7557, 15.9196)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA65D #5D73BC

analogous

#BC765D #BCA65D #A3BC5D

triadic

#BCA65D #5DBCA6 #A65DBC

tetradic

#BCA65D #5DBC76 #5D73BC #BC5DA3

square

#BCA65D #5DBC76 #5D73BC #BC5DA3

split-complementary

#BCA65D #5DA3BC #765DBC

monochromatic

#70612E #9B8640 #BCA65D #CEBE88 #E0D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BCA65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA65D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA65D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08c',
    500: '#bca65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca65d;
$custom-light: #d2c08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.105,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA65D

secondary

#A6B0CE

accent

#73D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA65D

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

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