#BCA841#BCA841

#BCA841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA841
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -4.81, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 54.25, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0177 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6974, 39.0799, 10.6629)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA841 #4155BC

analogous

#BC6B41 #BCA841 #93BC41

triadic

#BCA841 #41BCA8 #A841BC

tetradic

#BCA841 #41BC6B #4155BC #BC4193

square

#BCA841 #41BC6B #4155BC #BC4193

split-complementary

#BCA841 #4193BC #6B41BC

monochromatic

#615722 #8F7F31 #BCA841 #CDBD6E #DCD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BCA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA841

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA841	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17a',
    500: '#bca841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca841;
$custom-light: #d3c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA841

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA841

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

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