#BCAA3A#BCAA3A

#BCAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA3A
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -6.27, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 57.81, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0227 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.8791, 39.7479, 9.7844)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA3A #3A4CBC

analogous

#BC693A #BCAA3A #8DBC3A

triadic

#BCAA3A #3ABCAA #AA3ABC

tetradic

#BCAA3A #3ABC69 #3A4CBC #BC3A8D

square

#BCAA3A #3ABC69 #3A4CBC #BC3A8D

split-complementary

#BCAA3A #3A8DBC #693ABC

monochromatic

#5E551D #8D802C #BCAA3A #CFC064 #DED393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA3A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA3A	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bcaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa3a;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73313,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA3A

secondary

#8992C9

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA3A

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

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