#BCAA3B#BCAA3B

#BCAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA3B
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -6.21, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 57.41, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0224 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9048, 39.7582, 9.9197)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA3B #3B4DBC

analogous

#BC693B #BCAA3B #8DBC3B

triadic

#BCAA3B #3BBCAA #AA3BBC

tetradic

#BCAA3B #3BBC69 #3B4DBC #BC3B8D

square

#BCAA3B #3BBC69 #3B4DBC #BC3B8D

split-complementary

#BCAA3B #3B8DBC #693BBC

monochromatic

#5F561E #8D802C #BCAA3B #CFC065 #DDD394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA3B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA3B	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)

#BAA52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bcaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa3b;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA3B

secondary

#8A93C9

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA3B

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

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