#BCA86B#BCA86B

#BCA86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.083 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA86B
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 107)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -1.28, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.14, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0028 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.083 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3965, 39.7596, 19.6116)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA86B #6B7FBC

analogous

#BC7F6B #BCA86B #A7BC6B

triadic

#BCA86B #6BBCA8 #A86BBC

tetradic

#BCA86B #6BBC7F #6B7FBC #BC6BA7

square

#BCA86B #6BBC7F #6B7FBC #BC6BA7

split-complementary

#BCA86B #6BA7BC #7F6BBC

monochromatic

#776736 #A18B49 #BCA86B #CFC195 #E2DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCA86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA86B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA86B	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.083 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c196',
    500: '#bca86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca86b;
$custom-light: #d1c196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73494,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA86B

secondary

#B1B9D2

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA86B

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

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