#BCA942#BCA942

#BCA942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA942
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -5.28, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 54.15, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0189 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9119, 39.4623, 10.8786)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA942 #4255BC

analogous

#BC6C42 #BCA942 #92BC42

triadic

#BCA942 #42BCA9 #A942BC

tetradic

#BCA942 #42BC6C #4255BC #BC4292

square

#BCA942 #42BC6C #4255BC #BC4292

split-complementary

#BCA942 #4292BC #6C42BC

monochromatic

#615822 #8F8032 #BCA942 #CCBE6F #DCD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA942

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA942	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)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27b',
    500: '#bca942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca942;
$custom-light: #d3c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA942

secondary

#919AC9

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA942

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

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