#BCA96D#BCA96D

#BCA96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.082 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA96D
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -1.60, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 33.48, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0036 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.082 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6883, 40.1728, 20.2339)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA96D #6D80BC

analogous

#BC816D #BCA96D #A7BC6D

triadic

#BCA96D #6DBCA9 #A96DBC

tetradic

#BCA96D #6DBC81 #6D80BC #BC6DA7

square

#BCA96D #6DBC81 #6D80BC #BC6DA7

split-complementary

#BCA96D #6DA7BC #816DBC

monochromatic

#786837 #A28D4A #BCA96D #CFC297 #E3DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCA96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA96D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA96D	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.082 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c297',
    500: '#bca96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca96d;
$custom-light: #d1c297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA96D

secondary

#B3BAD2

accent

#76CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA96D

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

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