#BCA940#BCA940

#BCA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA940
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -5.40, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 55.01, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0195 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.8540, 39.4391, 10.5734)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA940 #4053BC

analogous

#BC6B40 #BCA940 #91BC40

triadic

#BCA940 #40BCA9 #A940BC

tetradic

#BCA940 #40BC6B #4053BC #BC4091

square

#BCA940 #40BC6B #4053BC #BC4091

split-complementary

#BCA940 #4091BC #6B40BC

monochromatic

#615721 #8E8030 #BCA940 #CDBE6C #DDD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA940

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA940	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27a',
    500: '#bca940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca940;
$custom-light: #d3c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA940

secondary

#8F98C9

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA940

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

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