#BCA945#BCA945

#BCA945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA945
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -5.08, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 52.84, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.018 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0027, 39.4986, 11.3567)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA945 #4558BC

analogous

#BC6D45 #BCA945 #94BC45

triadic

#BCA945 #45BCA9 #A945BC

tetradic

#BCA945 #45BC6D #4558BC #BC4594

square

#BCA945 #45BC6D #4558BC #BC4594

split-complementary

#BCA945 #4594BC #6D45BC

monochromatic

#635924 #908134 #BCA945 #CCBE72 #DCD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA945

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA945	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)

#B8A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27d',
    500: '#bca945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca945;
$custom-light: #d3c27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA945

secondary

#949CC9

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA945

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

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