#BCAA40#BCAA40

#BCAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA40
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -5.93, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 55.34, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.021 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0407, 39.8126, 10.6357)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA40 #4052BC

analogous

#BC6C40 #BCAA40 #90BC40

triadic

#BCAA40 #40BCAA #AA40BC

tetradic

#BCAA40 #40BC6C #4052BC #BC4090

square

#BCAA40 #40BC6C #4052BC #BC4090

split-complementary

#BCAA40 #4090BC #6C40BC

monochromatic

#615721 #8E8130 #BCAA40 #CDBF6C #DDD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA40

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA40	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)

#BAA533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37a',
    500: '#bcaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa40;
$custom-light: #d3c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA40

secondary

#8F98C9

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA40

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

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