#BCAA3C#BCAA3C

#BCAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA3C
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -6.16, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 57.00, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0221 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9310, 39.7687, 10.0576)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA3C #3C4EBC

analogous

#BC6A3C #BCAA3C #8EBC3C

triadic

#BCAA3C #3CBCAA #AA3CBC

tetradic

#BCAA3C #3CBC6A #3C4EBC #BC3C8E

square

#BCAA3C #3CBC6A #3C4EBC #BC3C8E

split-complementary

#BCAA3C #3C8EBC #6A3CBC

monochromatic

#5F561E #8E802D #BCAA3C #CEC067 #DDD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA3C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA3C	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)

#BAA52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c378',
    500: '#bcaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa3c;
$custom-light: #d4c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA3C

secondary

#8B94C9

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA3C

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

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