#BCA640#BCA640

#BCA640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA640
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -3.81, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 54.03, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.015 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(35.3023, 38.3357, 10.3895)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA640 #4056BC

analogous

#BC6840 #BCA640 #94BC40

triadic

#BCA640 #40BCA6 #A640BC

tetradic

#BCA640 #40BC68 #4056BC #BC4094

square

#BCA640 #40BC68 #4056BC #BC4094

split-complementary

#BCA640 #4094BC #6840BC

monochromatic

#615521 #8E7E30 #BCA640 #CDBC6C #DDD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA640

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA640	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07a',
    500: '#bca640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca640;
$custom-light: #d3c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72518,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.38334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA640

secondary

#8F99C9

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA640

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

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