#BCA042#BCA042

#BCA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA042
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -0.48, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 51.33, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0052 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2949, 36.2282, 10.3395)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA042 #425EBC

analogous

#BC6342 #BCA042 #9BBC42

triadic

#BCA042 #42BCA0 #A042BC

tetradic

#BCA042 #42BC63 #425EBC #BC429B

square

#BCA042 #42BC63 #425EBC #BC429B

split-complementary

#BCA042 #429BBC #6342BC

monochromatic

#615322 #8F7932 #BCA042 #CCB76F #DCCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BCA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA042

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA042	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7a',
    500: '#bca042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca042;
$custom-light: #d3bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA042

secondary

#919EC9

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA042

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

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