#BCA740#BCA740

#BCA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA740
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -4.34, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 54.35, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0165 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4848, 38.7007, 10.4504)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA740 #4055BC

analogous

#BC6940 #BCA740 #93BC40

triadic

#BCA740 #40BCA7 #A740BC

tetradic

#BCA740 #40BC69 #4055BC #BC4093

square

#BCA740 #40BC69 #4055BC #BC4093

split-complementary

#BCA740 #4093BC #6940BC

monochromatic

#615621 #8E7E30 #BCA740 #CDBD6C #DDD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA740

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA740	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07a',
    500: '#bca740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca740;
$custom-light: #d3c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA740

secondary

#8F99C9

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA740

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

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