#BCA84E#BCA84E

#BCA84E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA84E
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -3.92, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 48.41, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0136 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.113 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1182, 39.2483, 12.8794)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA84E #4E62BC

analogous

#BC714E #BCA84E #99BC4E

triadic

#BCA84E #4EBCA8 #A84EBC

tetradic

#BCA84E #4EBC71 #4E62BC #BC4E99

square

#BCA84E #4EBC71 #4E62BC #BC4E99

split-complementary

#BCA84E #4E99BC #714EBC

monochromatic

#685C27 #958438 #BCA84E #CDBE7A #DED4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BCA84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA84E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA84E	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)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c183',
    500: '#bca84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca84e;
$custom-light: #d3c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA84E

secondary

#9BA4CB

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA84E

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

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