#BCA95B#BCA95B

#BCA95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95B
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -3.38, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 42.53, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0105 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.101 96)
XYZ	xyz(36.8166, 39.8241, 15.6430)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95B #5B6EBC

analogous

#BC785B #BCA95B #9FBC5B

triadic

#BCA95B #5BBCA9 #A95BBC

tetradic

#BCA95B #5BBC78 #5B6EBC #BC5B9F

square

#BCA95B #5BBC78 #5B6EBC #BC5B9F

split-complementary

#BCA95B #5B9FBC #785BBC

monochromatic

#6F622D #9B893F #BCA95B #CEC086 #E0D7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95B	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)

#B7A654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28b',
    500: '#bca95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95b;
$custom-light: #d2c28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.39823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95B

secondary

#A5ADCE

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95B

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

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