#BCA245#BCA245

#BCA245 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA245
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -1.36, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 50.59, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0073 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.116 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7351, 36.9635, 10.9341)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA245 #455FBC

analogous

#BC6645 #BCA245 #9ABC45

triadic

#BCA245 #45BCA2 #A245BC

tetradic

#BCA245 #45BC66 #455FBC #BC459A

square

#BCA245 #45BC66 #455FBC #BC459A

split-complementary

#BCA245 #459ABC #6645BC

monochromatic

#635524 #907C34 #BCA245 #CCB872 #DCCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA245

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA245	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)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7c',
    500: '#bca245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca245;
$custom-light: #d3bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA245

secondary

#949FC9

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA245

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

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