#BCAA4E#BCAA4E

#BCAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA4E
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -4.98, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 49.11, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0167 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4903, 39.9924, 13.0035)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA4E #4E60BC

analogous

#BC734E #BCAA4E #97BC4E

triadic

#BCAA4E #4EBCAA #AA4EBC

tetradic

#BCAA4E #4EBC73 #4E60BC #BC4E97

square

#BCAA4E #4EBC73 #4E60BC #BC4E97

split-complementary

#BCAA4E #4E97BC #734EBC

monochromatic

#685E27 #958538 #BCAA4E #CDBF7A #DED5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BCAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA4E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA4E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bcaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa4e;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA4E

secondary

#9BA3CB

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA4E

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

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