#BCA24D#BCA24D

#BCA24D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA24D
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -0.79, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 46.91, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0047 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.109 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0004, 37.0696, 12.3313)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA24D #4D67BC

analogous

#BC6B4D #BCA24D #9FBC4D

triadic

#BCA24D #4DBCA2 #A24DBC

tetradic

#BCA24D #4DBC6B #4D67BC #BC4D9F

square

#BCA24D #4DBC6B #4D67BC #BC4D9F

split-complementary

#BCA24D #4D9FBC #6B4DBC

monochromatic

#685827 #947E38 #BCA24D #CDB979 #DDD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA24D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA24D	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)

#B19F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd82',
    500: '#bca24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca24d;
$custom-light: #d3bd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71815,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA24D

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA24D

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

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