#BCA540#BCA540

#BCA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA540
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -3.28, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 53.71, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0134 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.122 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1212, 37.9735, 10.3292)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA540 #4057BC

analogous

#BC6740 #BCA540 #95BC40

triadic

#BCA540 #40BCA5 #A540BC

tetradic

#BCA540 #40BC67 #4057BC #BC4095

square

#BCA540 #40BC67 #4057BC #BC4095

split-complementary

#BCA540 #4095BC #6740BC

monochromatic

#615521 #8E7D30 #BCA540 #CDBB6C #DDD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA540

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA540	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7a',
    500: '#bca540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca540;
$custom-light: #d3bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA540

secondary

#8F9AC9

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA540

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

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