#BCA95E#BCA95E

#BCA95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95E
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -3.11, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 41.05, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0094 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.098 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9486, 39.8769, 16.3383)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95E #5E71BC

analogous

#BC7A5E #BCA95E #A0BC5E

triadic

#BCA95E #5EBCA9 #A95EBC

tetradic

#BCA95E #5EBC7A #5E71BC #BC5EA0

square

#BCA95E #5EBC7A #5E71BC #BC5EA0

split-complementary

#BCA95E #5EA0BC #7A5EBC

monochromatic

#71632F #9C8A41 #BCA95E #CEC089 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCA95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28d',
    500: '#bca95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95e;
$custom-light: #d2c28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95E

secondary

#A7AFCF

accent

#6FD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95E

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

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