#BCA969#BCA969

#BCA969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA969
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -2.03, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 35.52, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0052 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.086 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4778, 40.0886, 19.1256)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA969 #697CBC

analogous

#BC7F69 #BCA969 #A6BC69

triadic

#BCA969 #69BCA9 #A969BC

tetradic

#BCA969 #69BC7F #697CBC #BC69A6

square

#BCA969 #69BC7F #697CBC #BC69A6

split-complementary

#BCA969 #69A6BC #7F69BC

monochromatic

#766735 #A08C48 #BCA969 #CFC193 #E2DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCA969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA969

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA969	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c295',
    500: '#bca969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca969;
$custom-light: #d2c295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA969

secondary

#B0B7D1

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA969

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

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