#BCA040#BCA040

#BCA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA040
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -0.60, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 52.21, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0058 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 36.2050, 10.0344)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA040 #405CBC

analogous

#BC6240 #BCA040 #9ABC40

triadic

#BCA040 #40BCA0 #A040BC

tetradic

#BCA040 #40BC62 #405CBC #BC409A

square

#BCA040 #40BC62 #405CBC #BC409A

split-complementary

#BCA040 #409ABC #6240BC

monochromatic

#615221 #8E7930 #BCA040 #CDB76C #DDCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BCA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA040

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA040	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb79',
    500: '#bca040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca040;
$custom-light: #d3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA040

secondary

#8F9CC9

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA040

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

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