#BCA85B#BCA85B

#BCA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA85B
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -2.85, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 42.17, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.009 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.1 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6312, 39.4535, 15.5813)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA85B #5B6FBC

analogous

#BC785B #BCA85B #9FBC5B

triadic

#BCA85B #5BBCA8 #A85BBC

tetradic

#BCA85B #5BBC78 #5B6FBC #BC5B9F

square

#BCA85B #5BBC78 #5B6FBC #BC5B9F

split-complementary

#BCA85B #5B9FBC #785BBC

monochromatic

#6F622D #9B883F #BCA85B #CEBF86 #E0D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA85B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA85B	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)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18b',
    500: '#bca85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca85b;
$custom-light: #d2c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA85B

secondary

#A5ADCE

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA85B

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

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