#BCA849#BCA849

#BCA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA849
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -4.28, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 50.72, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0152 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.117 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9458, 39.1793, 11.9710)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA849 #495DBC

analogous

#BC6E49 #BCA849 #96BC49

triadic

#BCA849 #49BCA8 #A849BC

tetradic

#BCA849 #49BC6E #495DBC #BC4996

square

#BCA849 #49BC6E #495DBC #BC4996

split-complementary

#BCA849 #4996BC #6E49BC

monochromatic

#655A25 #928236 #BCA849 #CCBD76 #DDD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA849

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA849	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17f',
    500: '#bca849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca849;
$custom-light: #d3c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA849

secondary

#97A0CA

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA849

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

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