#BCA847#BCA847

#BCA847 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA847
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -4.42, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 51.62, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0159 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8805, 39.1532, 11.6274)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA847 #475BBC

analogous

#BC6D47 #BCA847 #95BC47

triadic

#BCA847 #47BCA8 #A847BC

tetradic

#BCA847 #47BC6D #475BBC #BC4795

square

#BCA847 #47BC6D #475BBC #BC4795

split-complementary

#BCA847 #4795BC #6D47BC

monochromatic

#645924 #918135 #BCA847 #CCBD74 #DDD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BCA847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA847

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA847	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)

#B7A43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17e',
    500: '#bca847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca847;
$custom-light: #d3c17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA847

secondary

#959EC9

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA847

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

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