#BCA94A#BCA94A

#BCA94A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94A
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -4.74, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 50.60, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0164 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1645, 39.5633, 12.2088)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94A #4A5DBC

analogous

#BC704A #BCA94A #96BC4A

triadic

#BCA94A #4ABCA9 #A94ABC

tetradic

#BCA94A #4ABC70 #4A5DBC #BC4A96

square

#BCA94A #4ABC70 #4A5DBC #BC4A96

split-complementary

#BCA94A #4A96BC #704ABC

monochromatic

#665B26 #938336 #BCA94A #CDBE77 #DDD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCA94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94A	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)

#B8A540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c280',
    500: '#bca94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94a;
$custom-light: #d3c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73251,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94A

secondary

#98A0CA

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94A

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

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