#BCAA3F#BCAA3F

#BCAA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA3F
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -5.99, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 55.76, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0213 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0125, 39.8013, 10.4872)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA3F #3F51BC

analogous

#BC6C3F #BCAA3F #90BC3F

triadic

#BCAA3F #3FBCAA #AA3FBC

tetradic

#BCAA3F #3FBC6C #3F51BC #BC3F90

square

#BCAA3F #3FBC6C #3F51BC #BC3F90

split-complementary

#BCAA3F #3F90BC #6C3FBC

monochromatic

#605720 #8E8130 #BCAA3F #CDBF6B #DDD399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCAA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA3F

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA3F	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)

#BAA531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c379',
    500: '#bcaa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa3f;
$custom-light: #d3c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA3F

secondary

#8E97C9

accent

#62D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA3F

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

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