#BCA544#BCA544

#BCA544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA544
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -3.03, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 51.97, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0122 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2391, 38.0207, 10.9503)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA544 #445BBC

analogous

#BC6944 #BCA544 #97BC44

triadic

#BCA544 #44BCA5 #A544BC

tetradic

#BCA544 #44BC69 #445BBC #BC4497

square

#BCA544 #44BC69 #445BBC #BC4497

split-complementary

#BCA544 #4497BC #6944BC

monochromatic

#625623 #8F7E33 #BCA544 #CCBB71 #DCD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA544

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA544	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7c',
    500: '#bca544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca544;
$custom-light: #d3bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA544

secondary

#939DC9

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA544

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

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