#BCA944#BCA944

#BCA944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA944
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -5.15, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 53.28, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0183 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9719, 39.4863, 11.1946)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA944 #4457BC

analogous

#BC6D44 #BCA944 #93BC44

triadic

#BCA944 #44BCA9 #A944BC

tetradic

#BCA944 #44BC6D #4457BC #BC4493

square

#BCA944 #44BC6D #4457BC #BC4493

split-complementary

#BCA944 #4493BC #6D44BC

monochromatic

#625823 #8F8133 #BCA944 #CCBE71 #DCD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA944

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA944	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27c',
    500: '#bca944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca944;
$custom-light: #d3c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA944

secondary

#939CC9

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA944

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

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