#BCAA42#BCAA42

#BCAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA42
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -5.80, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 54.49, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0204 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.125 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0987, 39.8358, 10.9408)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA42 #4254BC

analogous

#BC6D42 #BCAA42 #91BC42

triadic

#BCAA42 #42BCAA #AA42BC

tetradic

#BCAA42 #42BC6D #4254BC #BC4291

square

#BCAA42 #42BC6D #4254BC #BC4291

split-complementary

#BCAA42 #4291BC #6D42BC

monochromatic

#615822 #8F8132 #BCAA42 #CCBF6F #DCD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA42

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA42	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bcaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa42;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA42

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA42

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

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