#BCAA2F#BCAA2F

#BCAA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA2F
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -6.80, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 61.94, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0253 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6286, 39.6477, 8.4649)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA2F #2F41BC

analogous

#BC632F #BCAA2F #87BC2F

triadic

#BCAA2F #2FBCAA #AA2FBC

tetradic

#BCAA2F #2FBC63 #2F41BC #BC2F87

square

#BCAA2F #2FBC63 #2F41BC #BC2F87

split-complementary

#BCAA2F #2F87BC #632FBC

monochromatic

#5A5117 #8B7E23 #BCAA2F #D4C454 #E0D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCAA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA2F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA2F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c271',
    500: '#bcaa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa2f;
$custom-light: #d4c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA2F

secondary

#7D87CA

accent

#59E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA2F

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

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