#BCA846#BCA846

#BCA846 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA846
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -4.49, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 52.06, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0162 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8487, 39.1405, 11.4597)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA846 #465ABC

analogous

#BC6D46 #BCA846 #95BC46

triadic

#BCA846 #46BCA8 #A846BC

tetradic

#BCA846 #46BC6D #465ABC #BC4695

square

#BCA846 #46BC6D #465ABC #BC4695

split-complementary

#BCA846 #4695BC #6D46BC

monochromatic

#645924 #908134 #BCA846 #CCBD73 #DDD2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BCA846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA846

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA846	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17e',
    500: '#bca846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca846;
$custom-light: #d3c17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA846

secondary

#959EC9

accent

#68D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA846

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →