#BCA96B#BCA96B

#BCA96B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.084 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCA96B
RGBrgb(188, 169, 107)
HSLhsl(46, 38%, 58%)
HSVhsv(46, 43%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.1%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.56, -1.82, 34.45)
CIE-LCHlch(69.56, 34.50, 93.02°)
OKLaboklab(73.7% -0.0044 0.084)
OKLCHoklch(73.7% 0.084 93)
XYZxyz(37.5818, 40.1302, 19.6733)
Luminance0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCA96B #6B7EBC
analogous
#BC806B #BCA96B #A6BC6B
triadic
#BCA96B #6BBCA9 #A96BBC
tetradic
#BCA96B #6BBC80 #6B7EBC #BC6BA6
square
#BCA96B #6BBC80 #6B7EBC #BC6BA6
split-complementary
#BCA96B #6BA6BC #806BBC
monochromatic
#776836 #A18C49 #BCA96B #CFC195 #E2DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#BCA96B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#BCA96B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA96B
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCA96B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCA96B1.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A766
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAAC6D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8A09A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bca96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.084 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c296',
    500: '#bca96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bca96b;
$custom-light: #d1c296;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bca96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCA96B
secondary
#B1B9D2
accent
#75CE5A
background
#FDFBF9
surface
#FAF7F2
border
#D3D0CC
text
#14120D
muted
#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA96B

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#BCA96B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva