#BCA242#BCA242

#BCA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA242
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -1.55, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 51.92, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0082 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.118 94)
XYZ	xyz(34.6444, 36.9272, 10.4560)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA242 #425CBC

analogous

#BC6542 #BCA242 #99BC42

triadic

#BCA242 #42BCA2 #A242BC

tetradic

#BCA242 #42BC65 #425CBC #BC4299

square

#BCA242 #42BC65 #425CBC #BC4299

split-complementary

#BCA242 #4299BC #6542BC

monochromatic

#615422 #8F7B32 #BCA242 #CCB86F #DCCF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA242

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA242	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7b',
    500: '#bca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca242;
$custom-light: #d3bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.36925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA242

secondary

#919DC9

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA242

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

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