#BCA840#BCA840

#BCA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA840
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -4.87, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 54.68, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.018 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6687, 39.0685, 10.5117)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA840 #4054BC

analogous

#BC6A40 #BCA840 #92BC40

triadic

#BCA840 #40BCA8 #A840BC

tetradic

#BCA840 #40BC6A #4054BC #BC4092

square

#BCA840 #40BC6A #4054BC #BC4092

split-complementary

#BCA840 #4092BC #6A40BC

monochromatic

#615621 #8E7F30 #BCA840 #CDBD6C #DDD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA840

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA840	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17a',
    500: '#bca840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca840;
$custom-light: #d3c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA840

secondary

#8F99C9

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA840

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

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