#BCA74B#BCA74B

#BCA74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74B
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -3.61, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 49.46, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0131 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8292, 38.8384, 12.2646)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74B #4B60BC

analogous

#BC6F4B #BCA74B #98BC4B

triadic

#BCA74B #4BBCA7 #A74BBC

tetradic

#BCA74B #4BBC6F #4B60BC #BC4B98

square

#BCA74B #4BBC6F #4B60BC #BC4B98

split-complementary

#BCA74B #4B98BC #6F4BBC

monochromatic

#665B26 #938237 #BCA74B #CDBD78 #DDD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74B	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c081',
    500: '#bca74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74b;
$custom-light: #d3c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74B

secondary

#99A2CA

accent

#6BD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74B

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

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