#BCA95F#BCA95F

#BCA95F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA95F
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -3.02, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 40.55, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0091 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.097 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9937, 39.8950, 16.5761)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA95F #5F72BC

analogous

#BC7A5F #BCA95F #A0BC5F

triadic

#BCA95F #5FBCA9 #A95FBC

tetradic

#BCA95F #5FBC7A #5F72BC #BC5FA0

square

#BCA95F #5FBC7A #5F72BC #BC5FA0

split-complementary

#BCA95F #5FA0BC #7A5FBC

monochromatic

#71642F #9C8A41 #BCA95F #CEC08A #E0D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCA95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA95F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA95F	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)

#B7A659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c28e',
    500: '#bca95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca95f;
$custom-light: #d2c28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA95F

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#70D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA95F

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

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