#BCA440#BCA440

#BCA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA440
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -2.75, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 53.40, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0119 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.121 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9415, 37.6142, 10.2693)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA440 #4058BC

analogous

#BC6640 #BCA440 #96BC40

triadic

#BCA440 #40BCA4 #A440BC

tetradic

#BCA440 #40BC66 #4058BC #BC4096

square

#BCA440 #40BC66 #4058BC #BC4096

split-complementary

#BCA440 #4096BC #6640BC

monochromatic

#615421 #8E7C30 #BCA440 #CDBA6C #DDD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BCA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA440

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA440	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7a',
    500: '#bca440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca440;
$custom-light: #d3be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA440

secondary

#8F9AC9

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA440

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →