#BCA342#BCA342

#BCA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA342
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -2.09, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 52.23, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0098 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.119 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8212, 37.2809, 10.5150)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA342 #425BBC

analogous

#BC6642 #BCA342 #98BC42

triadic

#BCA342 #42BCA3 #A342BC

tetradic

#BCA342 #42BC66 #425BBC #BC4298

square

#BCA342 #42BC66 #425BBC #BC4298

split-complementary

#BCA342 #4298BC #6642BC

monochromatic

#615422 #8F7C32 #BCA342 #CCB96F #DCCF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BCA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA342

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA342	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7b',
    500: '#bca342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca342;
$custom-light: #d3bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA342

secondary

#919DC9

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA342

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

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