#BCA85F#BCA85F

#BCA85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA85F
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -2.49, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 40.19, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0075 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.096 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8084, 39.5244, 16.5143)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA85F #5F73BC

analogous

#BC795F #BCA85F #A1BC5F

triadic

#BCA85F #5FBCA8 #A85FBC

tetradic

#BCA85F #5FBC79 #5F73BC #BC5FA1

square

#BCA85F #5FBC79 #5F73BC #BC5FA1

split-complementary

#BCA85F #5FA1BC #795FBC

monochromatic

#71632F #9C8941 #BCA85F #CEBF8A #E0D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA85F

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA85F	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)

#B6A559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18e',
    500: '#bca85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca85f;
$custom-light: #d2c18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA85F

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#71D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA85F

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

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