#BCA950#BCA950

#BCA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA950
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -4.30, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 47.83, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0145 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.112 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3764, 39.6481, 13.3246)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA950 #5063BC

analogous

#BC7350 #BCA950 #99BC50

triadic

#BCA950 #50BCA9 #A950BC

tetradic

#BCA950 #50BC73 #5063BC #BC5099

square

#BCA950 #50BC73 #5063BC #BC5099

split-complementary

#BCA950 #5099BC #7350BC

monochromatic

#695E28 #968539 #BCA950 #CDBF7C #DED4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA950

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA950	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)

#B8A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c284',
    500: '#bca950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca950;
$custom-light: #d3c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA950

secondary

#9CA5CB

accent

#6AD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA950

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

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