#BCAA41#BCAA41

#BCAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA41
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -5.87, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 54.92, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0207 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0694, 39.8241, 10.7869)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA41 #4153BC

analogous

#BC6D41 #BCAA41 #90BC41

triadic

#BCAA41 #41BCAA #AA41BC

tetradic

#BCAA41 #41BC6D #4153BC #BC4190

square

#BCAA41 #41BC6D #4153BC #BC4190

split-complementary

#BCAA41 #4190BC #6D41BC

monochromatic

#615822 #8F8131 #BCAA41 #CDBF6E #DCD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA41

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA41	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bcaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa41;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA41

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA41

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

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