#BCA24A#BCA24A

#BCA24A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA24A
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -1.01, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 48.31, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0057 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8969, 37.0282, 11.7863)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA24A #4A64BC

analogous

#BC694A #BCA24A #9DBC4A

triadic

#BCA24A #4ABCA2 #A24ABC

tetradic

#BCA24A #4ABC69 #4A64BC #BC4A9D

square

#BCA24A #4ABC69 #4A64BC #BC4A9D

split-complementary

#BCA24A #4A9DBC #694ABC

monochromatic

#665726 #937E36 #BCA24A #CDB977 #DDD0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA24A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA24A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd80',
    500: '#bca24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca24a;
$custom-light: #d3bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA24A

secondary

#98A3CA

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA24A

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

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