#BCA642#BCA642

#BCA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA642
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -3.69, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 53.17, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0144 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3602, 38.3589, 10.6947)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA642 #4258BC

analogous

#BC6942 #BCA642 #95BC42

triadic

#BCA642 #42BCA6 #A642BC

tetradic

#BCA642 #42BC69 #4258BC #BC4295

square

#BCA642 #42BC69 #4258BC #BC4295

split-complementary

#BCA642 #4295BC #6942BC

monochromatic

#615622 #8F7E32 #BCA642 #CCBC6F #DCD19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA642

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA642	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07b',
    500: '#bca642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca642;
$custom-light: #d3c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA642

secondary

#919BC9

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA642

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

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