#BCA84A#BCA84A

#BCA84A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA84A
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -4.21, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 50.26, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0149 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.116 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9792, 39.1927, 12.1470)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA84A #4A5EBC

analogous

#BC6F4A #BCA84A #97BC4A

triadic

#BCA84A #4ABCA8 #A84ABC

tetradic

#BCA84A #4ABC6F #4A5EBC #BC4A97

square

#BCA84A #4ABC6F #4A5EBC #BC4A97

split-complementary

#BCA84A #4A97BC #6F4ABC

monochromatic

#665B26 #938236 #BCA84A #CDBD77 #DDD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA84A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA84A	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)

#B7A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c180',
    500: '#bca84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca84a;
$custom-light: #d3c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA84A

secondary

#98A1CA

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA84A

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

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