#BCA241#BCA241

#BCA241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA241
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -1.62, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 52.36, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0086 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6151, 36.9155, 10.3021)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA241 #415BBC

analogous

#BC6441 #BCA241 #99BC41

triadic

#BCA241 #41BCA2 #A241BC

tetradic

#BCA241 #41BC64 #415BBC #BC4199

square

#BCA241 #41BC64 #415BBC #BC4199

split-complementary

#BCA241 #4199BC #6441BC

monochromatic

#615422 #8F7B31 #BCA241 #CDB96E #DCCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BCA241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA241

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA241	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)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7a',
    500: '#bca241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca241;
$custom-light: #d3bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA241

secondary

#909CC9

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA241

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

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