#BCA24B#BCA24B

#BCA24B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA24B
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -0.94, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 47.85, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0054 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.111 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9309, 37.0418, 11.9651)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA24B #4B65BC

analogous

#BC6A4B #BCA24B #9EBC4B

triadic

#BCA24B #4BBCA2 #A24BBC

tetradic

#BCA24B #4BBC6A #4B65BC #BC4B9E

square

#BCA24B #4BBC6A #4B65BC #BC4B9E

split-complementary

#BCA24B #4B9EBC #6A4BBC

monochromatic

#665826 #937E37 #BCA24B #CDB978 #DDD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA24B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA24B	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)

#B29F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd80',
    500: '#bca24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca24b;
$custom-light: #d3bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA24B

secondary

#99A4CA

accent

#71D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA24B

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

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