#BCA243#BCA243

#BCA243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA243
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -1.49, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 51.48, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0079 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.118 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6741, 36.9391, 10.6127)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA243 #435DBC

analogous

#BC6543 #BCA243 #9ABC43

triadic

#BCA243 #43BCA2 #A243BC

tetradic

#BCA243 #43BC65 #435DBC #BC439A

square

#BCA243 #43BC65 #435DBC #BC439A

split-complementary

#BCA243 #439ABC #6543BC

monochromatic

#625423 #8F7B33 #BCA243 #CCB870 #DCCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA243

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA243	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)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7b',
    500: '#bca243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca243;
$custom-light: #d3bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71706,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA243

secondary

#929EC9

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA243

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

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