#BCA641#BCA641

#BCA641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA641
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -3.75, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 53.60, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0147 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3310, 38.3472, 10.5407)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA641 #4157BC

analogous

#BC6841 #BCA641 #95BC41

triadic

#BCA641 #41BCA6 #A641BC

tetradic

#BCA641 #41BC68 #4157BC #BC4195

square

#BCA641 #41BC68 #4157BC #BC4195

split-complementary

#BCA641 #4195BC #6841BC

monochromatic

#615622 #8F7E31 #BCA641 #CDBC6E #DCD19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA641

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA641	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)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07a',
    500: '#bca641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca641;
$custom-light: #d3c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA641

secondary

#909AC9

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA641

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

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