#BCA95D#BCA95D

#BCA95D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.099 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95D
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -3.20, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 41.54, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0098 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.099 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9040, 39.8591, 16.1035)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95D #5D70BC

analogous

#BC795D #BCA95D #A0BC5D

triadic

#BCA95D #5DBCA9 #A95DBC

tetradic

#BCA95D #5DBC79 #5D70BC #BC5DA0

square

#BCA95D #5DBC79 #5D70BC #BC5DA0

split-complementary

#BCA95D #5DA0BC #795DBC

monochromatic

#70632E #9B8940 #BCA95D #CEC088 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCA95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95D

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95D	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)

#B7A656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.099 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28c',
    500: '#bca95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95d;
$custom-light: #d2c28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95D

secondary

#A6AECE

accent

#6FD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95D

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

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