#BCA74F#BCA74F

#BCA74F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA74F
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -3.31, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 47.60, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0117 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.111 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9705, 38.8949, 13.0084)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA74F #4F64BC

analogous

#BC704F #BCA74F #9BBC4F

triadic

#BCA74F #4FBCA7 #A74FBC

tetradic

#BCA74F #4FBC70 #4F64BC #BC4F9B

square

#BCA74F #4FBC70 #4F64BC #BC4F9B

split-complementary

#BCA74F #4F9BBC #704FBC

monochromatic

#695C28 #958339 #BCA74F #CDBD7B #DED3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA74F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA74F	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)

#B6A446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c083',
    500: '#bca74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca74f;
$custom-light: #d3c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA74F

secondary

#9CA5CB

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA74F

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

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