#BCA94D#BCA94D

#BCA94D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94D
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -4.53, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 49.23, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0155 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2680, 39.6047, 12.7538)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94D #4D60BC

analogous

#BC724D #BCA94D #97BC4D

triadic

#BCA94D #4DBCA9 #A94DBC

tetradic

#BCA94D #4DBC72 #4D60BC #BC4D97

square

#BCA94D #4DBC72 #4D60BC #BC4D97

split-complementary

#BCA94D #4D97BC #724DBC

monochromatic

#685D27 #948438 #BCA94D #CDBE79 #DDD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BCA94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94D	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)

#B8A544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c282',
    500: '#bca94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94d;
$custom-light: #d3c282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94D

secondary

#9AA2CB

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94D

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

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