#BCA842#BCA842

#BCA842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA842
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -4.75, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 53.82, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0174 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7266, 39.0916, 10.8168)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA842 #4256BC

analogous

#BC6B42 #BCA842 #93BC42

triadic

#BCA842 #42BCA8 #A842BC

tetradic

#BCA842 #42BC6B #4256BC #BC4293

square

#BCA842 #42BC6B #4256BC #BC4293

split-complementary

#BCA842 #4293BC #6B42BC

monochromatic

#615722 #8F8032 #BCA842 #CCBD6F #DCD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BCA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA842

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA842	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17b',
    500: '#bca842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca842;
$custom-light: #d3c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA842

secondary

#919AC9

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA842

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

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