#BCA949#BCA949

#BCA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA949
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -4.81, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 51.06, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0168 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1311, 39.5499, 12.0328)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA949 #495CBC

analogous

#BC6F49 #BCA949 #95BC49

triadic

#BCA949 #49BCA9 #A949BC

tetradic

#BCA949 #49BC6F #495CBC #BC4995

square

#BCA949 #49BC6F #495CBC #BC4995

split-complementary

#BCA949 #4995BC #6F49BC

monochromatic

#655B25 #928336 #BCA949 #CCBE76 #DDD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA949

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA949	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27f',
    500: '#bca949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca949;
$custom-light: #d3c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73241,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA949

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA949

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

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