#BCA848#BCA848

#BCA848 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.118 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA848
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -4.35, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 51.17, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0156 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.118 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9129, 39.1661, 11.7978)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA848 #485CBC

analogous

#BC6E48 #BCA848 #96BC48

triadic

#BCA848 #48BCA8 #A848BC

tetradic

#BCA848 #48BC6E #485CBC #BC4896

square

#BCA848 #48BC6E #485CBC #BC4896

split-complementary

#BCA848 #4896BC #6E48BC

monochromatic

#655A25 #928235 #BCA848 #CCBD75 #DDD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BCA848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA848

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA848	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)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.118 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17f',
    500: '#bca848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca848;
$custom-light: #d3c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA848

secondary

#969FCA

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA848

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →