#BCA85E#BCA85E

#BCA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA85E
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -2.58, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 40.69, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0079 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.097 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7633, 39.5063, 16.2765)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA85E #5E72BC

analogous

#BC795E #BCA85E #A1BC5E

triadic

#BCA85E #5EBCA8 #A85EBC

tetradic

#BCA85E #5EBC79 #5E72BC #BC5EA1

square

#BCA85E #5EBC79 #5E72BC #BC5EA1

split-complementary

#BCA85E #5EA1BC #795EBC

monochromatic

#71632F #9C8941 #BCA85E #CEBF89 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA85E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA85E	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)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18d',
    500: '#bca85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca85e;
$custom-light: #d2c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA85E

secondary

#A7B0CF

accent

#71D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA85E

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

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