#BCA84D#BCA84D

#BCA84D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA84D
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -4.00, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 48.88, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0139 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.114 97)
XYZ	xyz(36.0827, 39.2341, 12.6921)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA84D #4D61BC

analogous

#BC714D #BCA84D #99BC4D

triadic

#BCA84D #4DBCA8 #A84DBC

tetradic

#BCA84D #4DBC71 #4D61BC #BC4D99

square

#BCA84D #4DBC71 #4D61BC #BC4D99

split-complementary

#BCA84D #4D99BC #714DBC

monochromatic

#685C27 #948338 #BCA84D #CDBE79 #DDD3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BCA84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA84D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA84D	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c182',
    500: '#bca84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca84d;
$custom-light: #d3c182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA84D

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA84D

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

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