#BCA142#BCA142

#BCA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA142
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -1.02, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 51.63, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0067 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.118 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4689, 36.5763, 10.3976)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA142 #425DBC

analogous

#BC6442 #BCA142 #9ABC42

triadic

#BCA142 #42BCA1 #A142BC

tetradic

#BCA142 #42BC64 #425DBC #BC429A

square

#BCA142 #42BC64 #425DBC #BC429A

split-complementary

#BCA142 #429ABC #6442BC

monochromatic

#615322 #8F7A32 #BCA142 #CCB86F #DCCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BCA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA142

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA142	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc7b',
    500: '#bca142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca142;
$custom-light: #d3bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA142

secondary

#919EC9

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA142

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

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