#BCAA45#BCAA45

#BCAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA45
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -5.61, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 53.19, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0195 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1894, 39.8721, 11.4189)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA45 #4557BC

analogous

#BC6E45 #BCAA45 #93BC45

triadic

#BCAA45 #45BCAA #AA45BC

tetradic

#BCAA45 #45BC6E #4557BC #BC4593

square

#BCAA45 #45BC6E #4557BC #BC4593

split-complementary

#BCAA45 #4593BC #6E45BC

monochromatic

#635924 #908234 #BCAA45 #CCBF72 #DCD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA45

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA45	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)

#B9A639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37d',
    500: '#bcaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa45;
$custom-light: #d3c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA45

secondary

#949CC9

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA45

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

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