#BCA248#BCA248

#BCA248 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA248
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -1.16, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 49.23, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0064 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.113 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8306, 37.0017, 11.4370)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA248 #4862BC

analogous

#BC6848 #BCA248 #9CBC48

triadic

#BCA248 #48BCA2 #A248BC

tetradic

#BCA248 #48BC68 #4862BC #BC489C

square

#BCA248 #48BC68 #4862BC #BC489C

split-complementary

#BCA248 #489CBC #6848BC

monochromatic

#655625 #927D35 #BCA248 #CCB975 #DDD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA248

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA248	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7e',
    500: '#bca248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca248;
$custom-light: #d3bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA248

secondary

#96A2CA

accent

#6FD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA248

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

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