#BCA86C#BCA86C

#BCA86C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.082 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA86C
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -1.17, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 33.63, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0024 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.082 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4494, 39.7808, 19.8902)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA86C #6C80BC

analogous

#BC806C #BCA86C #A8BC6C

triadic

#BCA86C #6CBCA8 #A86CBC

tetradic

#BCA86C #6CBC80 #6C80BC #BC6CA8

square

#BCA86C #6CBC80 #6C80BC #BC6CA8

split-complementary

#BCA86C #6CA8BC #806CBC

monochromatic

#776736 #A18B4A #BCA86C #CFC196 #E2DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA86C

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA86C	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.082 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c197',
    500: '#bca86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca86c;
$custom-light: #d1c197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA86C

secondary

#B2BAD2

accent

#77CD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA86C

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

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