#BCA442#BCA442

#BCA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA442
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -2.62, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 52.54, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0113 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.12 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9995, 37.6374, 10.5744)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA442 #425ABC

analogous

#BC6742 #BCA442 #97BC42

triadic

#BCA442 #42BCA4 #A442BC

tetradic

#BCA442 #42BC67 #425ABC #BC4297

square

#BCA442 #42BC67 #425ABC #BC4297

split-complementary

#BCA442 #4297BC #6742BC

monochromatic

#615522 #8F7C32 #BCA442 #CCBA6F #DCD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BCA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA442

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA442	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7b',
    500: '#bca442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca442;
$custom-light: #d3be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA442

secondary

#919CC9

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA442

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

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