#BCA95C#BCA95C

#BCA95C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95C
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -3.29, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 42.04, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0102 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.1 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8600, 39.8415, 15.8717)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95C #5C6FBC

analogous

#BC795C #BCA95C #9FBC5C

triadic

#BCA95C #5CBCA9 #A95CBC

tetradic

#BCA95C #5CBC79 #5C6FBC #BC5C9F

square

#BCA95C #5CBC79 #5C6FBC #BC5C9F

split-complementary

#BCA95C #5C9FBC #795CBC

monochromatic

#70632E #9B8940 #BCA95C #CEC087 #E0D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCA95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95C

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95C	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28c',
    500: '#bca95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95c;
$custom-light: #d2c28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95C

secondary

#A6AECE

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95C

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

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