#BCA844#BCA844

#BCA844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA844
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -4.62, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 52.95, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0168 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.7866, 39.1156, 11.1328)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA844 #4458BC

analogous

#BC6C44 #BCA844 #94BC44

triadic

#BCA844 #44BCA8 #A844BC

tetradic

#BCA844 #44BC6C #4458BC #BC4494

square

#BCA844 #44BC6C #4458BC #BC4494

split-complementary

#BCA844 #4494BC #6C44BC

monochromatic

#625823 #8F8033 #BCA844 #CCBD71 #DCD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BCA844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA844

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA844	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)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17c',
    500: '#bca844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca844;
$custom-light: #d3c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA844

secondary

#939CC9

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA844

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

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