#BCA643#BCA643

#BCA643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA643
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -3.62, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 52.73, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0141 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3899, 38.3708, 10.8513)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA643 #4359BC

analogous

#BC6A43 #BCA643 #95BC43

triadic

#BCA643 #43BCA6 #A643BC

tetradic

#BCA643 #43BC6A #4359BC #BC4395

square

#BCA643 #43BC6A #4359BC #BC4395

split-complementary

#BCA643 #4395BC #6A43BC

monochromatic

#625623 #8F7E33 #BCA643 #CCBB70 #DCD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA643

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA643	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)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07c',
    500: '#bca643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca643;
$custom-light: #d3c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72546,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA643

secondary

#929CC9

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA643

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

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