#BCA74D#BCA74D

#BCA74D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74D
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -3.47, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 48.54, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0124 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8988, 38.8663, 12.6308)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74D #4D62BC

analogous

#BC704D #BCA74D #99BC4D

triadic

#BCA74D #4DBCA7 #A74DBC

tetradic

#BCA74D #4DBC70 #4D62BC #BC4D99

square

#BCA74D #4DBC70 #4D62BC #BC4D99

split-complementary

#BCA74D #4D99BC #704DBC

monochromatic

#685B27 #948338 #BCA74D #CDBD79 #DDD3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74D	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)

#B6A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c082',
    500: '#bca74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74d;
$custom-light: #d3c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74D

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74D

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

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