#BCA65E#BCA65E

#BCA65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA65E
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -1.51, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 39.99, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0048 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.096 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3969, 38.7735, 16.1544)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA65E #5E74BC

analogous

#BC775E #BCA65E #A3BC5E

triadic

#BCA65E #5EBCA6 #A65EBC

tetradic

#BCA65E #5EBC77 #5E74BC #BC5EA3

square

#BCA65E #5EBC77 #5E74BC #BC5EA3

split-complementary

#BCA65E #5EA3BC #775EBC

monochromatic

#71612F #9C8741 #BCA65E #CEBE89 #E0D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BCA65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA65E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA65E	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)

#B4A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08d',
    500: '#bca65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca65e;
$custom-light: #d2c08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.09562,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA65E

secondary

#A7B0CF

accent

#73D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA65E

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

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