#BCA043#BCA043

#BCA043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA043
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -0.42, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 50.89, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0049 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.116 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3246, 36.2401, 10.4962)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA043 #435FBC

analogous

#BC6443 #BCA043 #9BBC43

triadic

#BCA043 #43BCA0 #A043BC

tetradic

#BCA043 #43BC64 #435FBC #BC439B

square

#BCA043 #43BC64 #435FBC #BC439B

split-complementary

#BCA043 #439BBC #6443BC

monochromatic

#625323 #8F7A33 #BCA043 #CCB770 #DCCE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BCA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA043

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA043	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)

#B09E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7b',
    500: '#bca043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca043;
$custom-light: #d3bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA043

secondary

#929FC9

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA043

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

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