#BCA145#BCA145

#BCA145 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA145
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -0.82, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 50.29, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0058 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.115 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5597, 36.6126, 10.8757)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA145 #4560BC

analogous

#BC6645 #BCA145 #9BBC45

triadic

#BCA145 #45BCA1 #A145BC

tetradic

#BCA145 #45BC66 #4560BC #BC459B

square

#BCA145 #45BC66 #4560BC #BC459B

split-complementary

#BCA145 #459BBC #6645BC

monochromatic

#635524 #907B34 #BCA145 #CCB872 #DCCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BCA145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA145

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA145	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc7c',
    500: '#bca145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca145;
$custom-light: #d3bc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA145

secondary

#94A0C9

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA145

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

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