#BCA94B#BCA94B

#BCA94B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94B
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -4.67, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 50.15, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0161 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.116 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.1985, 39.5769, 12.3876)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94B #4B5EBC

analogous

#BC714B #BCA94B #96BC4B

triadic

#BCA94B #4BBCA9 #A94BBC

tetradic

#BCA94B #4BBC71 #4B5EBC #BC4B96

square

#BCA94B #4BBC71 #4B5EBC #BC4B96

split-complementary

#BCA94B #4B96BC #714BBC

monochromatic

#665C26 #938437 #BCA94B #CDBE78 #DDD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCA94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94B	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)

#B8A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c281',
    500: '#bca94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94b;
$custom-light: #d3c281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73262,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94B

secondary

#99A1CA

accent

#68D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94B

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

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