#BCAA3E#BCAA3E

#BCAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA3E
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -6.05, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 56.18, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0216 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9848, 39.7902, 10.3413)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA3E #3E50BC

analogous

#BC6B3E #BCAA3E #8FBC3E

triadic

#BCAA3E #3EBCAA #AA3EBC

tetradic

#BCAA3E #3EBC6B #3E50BC #BC3E8F

square

#BCAA3E #3EBC6B #3E50BC #BC3E8F

split-complementary

#BCAA3E #3E8FBC #6B3EBC

monochromatic

#605720 #8E802F #BCAA3E #CEBF6A #DDD398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA3E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA3E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c379',
    500: '#bcaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa3e;
$custom-light: #d3c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA3E

secondary

#8D96C9

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA3E

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

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