#BCA962#BCA962

#BCA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA962
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -2.73, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 39.05, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0079 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.094 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1327, 39.9506, 17.3082)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA962 #6275BC

analogous

#BC7C62 #BCA962 #A2BC62

triadic

#BCA962 #62BCA9 #A962BC

tetradic

#BCA962 #62BC7C #6275BC #BC62A2

square

#BCA962 #62BC7C #6275BC #BC62A2

split-complementary

#BCA962 #62A2BC #7C62BC

monochromatic

#736531 #9E8A43 #BCA962 #CEC08D #E1D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BCA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA962

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA962	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c290',
    500: '#bca962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca962;
$custom-light: #d2c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7356,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA962

secondary

#AAB2CF

accent

#71D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA962

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

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