#BCA85D#BCA85D

#BCA85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.098 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA85D
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -2.67, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 41.19, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0083 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.098 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7187, 39.4885, 16.0417)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA85D #5D71BC

analogous

#BC785D #BCA85D #A1BC5D

triadic

#BCA85D #5DBCA8 #A85DBC

tetradic

#BCA85D #5DBC78 #5D71BC #BC5DA1

square

#BCA85D #5DBC78 #5D71BC #BC5DA1

split-complementary

#BCA85D #5DA1BC #785DBC

monochromatic

#70622E #9B8840 #BCA85D #CEBF88 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA85D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA85D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.098 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18c',
    500: '#bca85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca85d;
$custom-light: #d2c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA85D

secondary

#A6AFCE

accent

#70D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA85D

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

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