#BCA85A#BCA85A

#BCA85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA85A
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -2.94, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 42.66, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0094 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.101 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5884, 39.4364, 15.3556)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA85A #5A6EBC

analogous

#BC775A #BCA85A #9FBC5A

triadic

#BCA85A #5ABCA8 #A85ABC

tetradic

#BCA85A #5ABC77 #5A6EBC #BC5A9F

square

#BCA85A #5ABC77 #5A6EBC #BC5A9F

split-complementary

#BCA85A #5A9FBC #775ABC

monochromatic

#6F612D #9A883F #BCA85A #CEBF86 #DFD6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA85A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA85A	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18a',
    500: '#bca85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca85a;
$custom-light: #d2c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA85A

secondary

#A4ADCE

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA85A

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

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