#BCAA44#BCAA44

#BCAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA44
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -5.68, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 53.62, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0198 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1587, 39.8598, 11.2568)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA44 #4456BC

analogous

#BC6E44 #BCAA44 #92BC44

triadic

#BCAA44 #44BCAA #AA44BC

tetradic

#BCAA44 #44BC6E #4456BC #BC4492

square

#BCAA44 #44BC6E #4456BC #BC4492

split-complementary

#BCAA44 #4492BC #6E44BC

monochromatic

#625923 #8F8233 #BCAA44 #CCBE71 #DCD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA44

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA44	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)

#B9A638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37c',
    500: '#bcaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa44;
$custom-light: #d3c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA44

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA44

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

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