#BCA140#BCA140

#BCA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA140
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -1.14, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 52.50, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0073 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.119 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4110, 36.5531, 10.0924)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA140 #405BBC

analogous

#BC6340 #BCA140 #99BC40

triadic

#BCA140 #40BCA1 #A140BC

tetradic

#BCA140 #40BC63 #405BBC #BC4099

square

#BCA140 #40BC63 #405BBC #BC4099

split-complementary

#BCA140 #4099BC #6340BC

monochromatic

#615321 #8E7A30 #BCA140 #CDB86C #DDCE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BCA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA140

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA140	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc79',
    500: '#bca140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca140;
$custom-light: #d3bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71468,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA140

secondary

#8F9CC9

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA140

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

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