#BCA340#BCA340

#BCA340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA340
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -2.21, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 53.10, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0104 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7633, 37.2577, 10.2099)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA340 #4059BC

analogous

#BC6540 #BCA340 #97BC40

triadic

#BCA340 #40BCA3 #A340BC

tetradic

#BCA340 #40BC65 #4059BC #BC4097

square

#BCA340 #40BC65 #4059BC #BC4097

split-complementary

#BCA340 #4097BC #6540BC

monochromatic

#615421 #8E7B30 #BCA340 #CDB96C #DDCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BCA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA340

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA340	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7a',
    500: '#bca340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca340;
$custom-light: #d3bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA340

secondary

#8F9BC9

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA340

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

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