#BCA240#BCA240

#BCA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA240
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -1.68, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 52.80, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0088 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.12 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5864, 36.9040, 10.1509)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA240 #405ABC

analogous

#BC6440 #BCA240 #98BC40

triadic

#BCA240 #40BCA2 #A240BC

tetradic

#BCA240 #40BC64 #405ABC #BC4098

square

#BCA240 #40BC64 #405ABC #BC4098

split-complementary

#BCA240 #4098BC #6440BC

monochromatic

#615321 #8E7B30 #BCA240 #CDB96C #DDCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BCA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA240

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA240	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd79',
    500: '#bca240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca240;
$custom-light: #d3bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA240

secondary

#8F9BC9

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA240

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

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