#BCA74C#BCA74C

#BCA74C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74C
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -3.54, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 49.00, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0127 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8637, 38.8522, 12.4462)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74C #4C61BC

analogous

#BC6F4C #BCA74C #99BC4C

triadic

#BCA74C #4CBCA7 #A74CBC

tetradic

#BCA74C #4CBC6F #4C61BC #BC4C99

square

#BCA74C #4CBC6F #4C61BC #BC4C99

split-complementary

#BCA74C #4C99BC #6F4CBC

monochromatic

#675B27 #948237 #BCA74C #CDBD79 #DDD3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74C	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B6A343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c081',
    500: '#bca74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74c;
$custom-light: #d3c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74C

secondary

#99A3CA

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74C

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

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