#BCA74A#BCA74A

#BCA74A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74A
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -3.68, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 49.92, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0134 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7953, 38.8249, 12.0857)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74A #4A5FBC

analogous

#BC6E4A #BCA74A #98BC4A

triadic

#BCA74A #4ABCA7 #A74ABC

tetradic

#BCA74A #4ABC6E #4A5FBC #BC4A98

square

#BCA74A #4ABC6E #4A5FBC #BC4A98

split-complementary

#BCA74A #4A98BC #6E4ABC

monochromatic

#665A26 #938236 #BCA74A #CDBD77 #DDD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BCA74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74A	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c080',
    500: '#bca74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74a;
$custom-light: #d3c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74A

secondary

#98A1CA

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74A

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

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