#BCA42E#BCA42E

#BCA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA42E
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -3.67, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 60.52, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0166 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.134 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5094, 37.4414, 7.9934)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA42E #2E46BC

analogous

#BC5D2E #BCA42E #8DBC2E

triadic

#BCA42E #2EBCA4 #A42EBC

tetradic

#BCA42E #2EBC5D #2E46BC #BC2E8D

square

#BCA42E #2EBC5D #2E46BC #BC2E8D

split-complementary

#BCA42E #2E8DBC #5D2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4E16 #8B7922 #BCA42E #D5BF52 #E1D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA42E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA42E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be70',
    500: '#bca42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca42e;
$custom-light: #d4be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA42E

secondary

#7C89CA

accent

#5FE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA42E

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

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