#BCA94F#BCA94F

#BCA94F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA94F
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -4.38, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 48.30, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0148 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.113 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3397, 39.6334, 13.1315)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA94F #4F62BC

analogous

#BC724F #BCA94F #99BC4F

triadic

#BCA94F #4FBCA9 #A94FBC

tetradic

#BCA94F #4FBC72 #4F62BC #BC4F99

square

#BCA94F #4FBC72 #4F62BC #BC4F99

split-complementary

#BCA94F #4F99BC #724FBC

monochromatic

#695D28 #958539 #BCA94F #CDBF7B #DED4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCA94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA94F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA94F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c283',
    500: '#bca94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca94f;
$custom-light: #d3c283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA94F

secondary

#9CA4CB

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA94F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →