#BCA845#BCA845

#BCA845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA845
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -4.56, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 52.51, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0165 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8174, 39.1279, 11.2949)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA845 #4559BC

analogous

#BC6C45 #BCA845 #94BC45

triadic

#BCA845 #45BCA8 #A845BC

tetradic

#BCA845 #45BC6C #4559BC #BC4594

square

#BCA845 #45BC6C #4559BC #BC4594

split-complementary

#BCA845 #4594BC #6C45BC

monochromatic

#635824 #908034 #BCA845 #CCBD72 #DCD29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BCA845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA845

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA845	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c17d',
    500: '#bca845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca845;
$custom-light: #d3c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72988,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA845

secondary

#949DC9

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA845

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

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