#BCA24E#BCA24E

#BCA24E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA24E
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -0.72, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 46.44, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0044 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.108 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0360, 37.0838, 12.5187)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA24E #4E68BC

analogous

#BC6B4E #BCA24E #9FBC4E

triadic

#BCA24E #4EBCA2 #A24EBC

tetradic

#BCA24E #4EBC6B #4E68BC #BC4E9F

square

#BCA24E #4EBC6B #4E68BC #BC4E9F

split-complementary

#BCA24E #4E9FBC #6B4EBC

monochromatic

#685927 #957F38 #BCA24E #CDB97A #DED1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA24E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA24E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd82',
    500: '#bca24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca24e;
$custom-light: #d3bd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA24E

secondary

#9BA6CB

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA24E

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

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