#BCA044#BCA044

#BCA044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA044
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -0.35, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 50.44, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0045 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.115 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3549, 36.2522, 10.6555)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA044 #4460BC

analogous

#BC6444 #BCA044 #9CBC44

triadic

#BCA044 #44BCA0 #A044BC

tetradic

#BCA044 #44BC64 #4460BC #BC449C

square

#BCA044 #44BC64 #4460BC #BC449C

split-complementary

#BCA044 #449CBC #6444BC

monochromatic

#625423 #8F7A33 #BCA044 #CCB771 #DCCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BCA044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA044

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA044	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)

#B09E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bca044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca044;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA044

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA044

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

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