#BCA970#BCA970

#BCA970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.078 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA970
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -1.27, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 31.94, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0024 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.078 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8525, 40.2385, 21.0990)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA970 #7083BC

analogous

#BC8370 #BCA970 #A9BC70

triadic

#BCA970 #70BCA9 #A970BC

tetradic

#BCA970 #70BC83 #7083BC #BC70A9

square

#BCA970 #70BC83 #7083BC #BC70A9

split-complementary

#BCA970 #70A9BC #8370BC

monochromatic

#796939 #A38D4C #BCA970 #D0C29A #E3DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA970

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA970	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.078 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c29a',
    500: '#bca970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca970;
$custom-light: #d1c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.07846,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA970

secondary

#B5BCD3

accent

#78CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA970

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

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