#BCA045#BCA045

#BCA045 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA045
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -0.29, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 49.99, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0042 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.115 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3856, 36.2645, 10.8176)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA045 #4561BC

analogous

#BC6445 #BCA045 #9DBC45

triadic

#BCA045 #45BCA0 #A045BC

tetradic

#BCA045 #45BC64 #4561BC #BC459D

square

#BCA045 #45BC64 #4561BC #BC459D

split-complementary

#BCA045 #459DBC #6445BC

monochromatic

#635424 #907A34 #BCA045 #CCB772 #DCCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BCA045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA045

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA045	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B09E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bca045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca045;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7131,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA045

secondary

#94A0C9

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA045

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

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