#BCA84B#BCA84B

#BCA84B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA84B
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -4.14, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 49.80, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0146 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.115 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0131, 39.2062, 12.3259)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA84B #4B5FBC

analogous

#BC704B #BCA84B #97BC4B

triadic

#BCA84B #4BBCA8 #A84BBC

tetradic

#BCA84B #4BBC70 #4B5FBC #BC4B97

square

#BCA84B #4BBC70 #4B5FBC #BC4B97

split-complementary

#BCA84B #4B97BC #704BBC

monochromatic

#665B26 #938337 #BCA84B #CDBE78 #DDD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA84B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA84B	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)

#B7A441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c181',
    500: '#bca84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca84b;
$custom-light: #d3c181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA84B

secondary

#99A1CA

accent

#6AD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA84B

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

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