#BCA94E#BCA94E

#BCA94E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94E
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -4.45, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 48.76, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0151 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3036, 39.6189, 12.9412)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94E #4E61BC

analogous

#BC724E #BCA94E #98BC4E

triadic

#BCA94E #4EBCA9 #A94EBC

tetradic

#BCA94E #4EBC72 #4E61BC #BC4E98

square

#BCA94E #4EBC72 #4E61BC #BC4E98

split-complementary

#BCA94E #4E98BC #724EBC

monochromatic

#685D27 #958538 #BCA94E #CDBF7A #DED4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BCA94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94E	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)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c283',
    500: '#bca94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94e;
$custom-light: #d3c283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73296,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94E

secondary

#9BA3CB

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94E

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

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