#BCA94C#BCA94C

#BCA94C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94C
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -4.60, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 49.69, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0158 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2329, 39.5907, 12.5693)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94C #4C5FBC

analogous

#BC714C #BCA94C #97BC4C

triadic

#BCA94C #4CBCA9 #A94CBC

tetradic

#BCA94C #4CBC71 #4C5FBC #BC4C97

square

#BCA94C #4CBC71 #4C5FBC #BC4C97

split-complementary

#BCA94C #4C97BC #714CBC

monochromatic

#675C27 #948437 #BCA94C #CDBE79 #DDD4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BCA94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94C

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94C	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c281',
    500: '#bca94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94c;
$custom-light: #d3c281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94C

secondary

#99A2CA

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94C

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

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