#BCA95A#BCA95A

#BCA95A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95A
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.47, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 43.02, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0109 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.102 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7737, 39.8070, 15.4174)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95A #5A6DBC

analogous

#BC785A #BCA95A #9EBC5A

triadic

#BCA95A #5ABCA9 #A95ABC

tetradic

#BCA95A #5ABC78 #5A6DBC #BC5A9E

square

#BCA95A #5ABC78 #5A6DBC #BC5A9E

split-complementary

#BCA95A #5A9EBC #785ABC

monochromatic

#6F622D #9A883F #BCA95A #CEC086 #DFD6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28a',
    500: '#bca95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95a;
$custom-light: #d2c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95A

secondary

#A4ACCE

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95A

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

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