#BCA742#BCA742

#BCA742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA742
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -4.22, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 53.49, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0159 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5427, 38.7238, 10.7555)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA742 #4257BC

analogous

#BC6A42 #BCA742 #94BC42

triadic

#BCA742 #42BCA7 #A742BC

tetradic

#BCA742 #42BC6A #4257BC #BC4294

square

#BCA742 #42BC6A #4257BC #BC4294

split-complementary

#BCA742 #4294BC #6A42BC

monochromatic

#615722 #8F7F32 #BCA742 #CCBC6F #DCD19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA742

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA742	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07b',
    500: '#bca742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca742;
$custom-light: #d3c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA742

secondary

#919BC9

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA742

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

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