#BCA74E#BCA74E

#BCA74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74E
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -3.39, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 48.07, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0121 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.112 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9343, 38.8805, 12.8181)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74E #4E63BC

analogous

#BC704E #BCA74E #9ABC4E

triadic

#BCA74E #4EBCA7 #A74EBC

tetradic

#BCA74E #4EBC70 #4E63BC #BC4E9A

square

#BCA74E #4EBC70 #4E63BC #BC4E9A

split-complementary

#BCA74E #4E9ABC #704EBC

monochromatic

#685C27 #958338 #BCA74E #CDBD7A #DED3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c082',
    500: '#bca74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74e;
$custom-light: #d3c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72874,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74E

secondary

#9BA4CB

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74E

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

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