#BCAA46#BCAA46

#BCAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA46
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -5.55, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 52.74, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0192 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2207, 39.8846, 11.5838)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA46 #4658BC

analogous

#BC6F46 #BCAA46 #93BC46

triadic

#BCAA46 #46BCAA #AA46BC

tetradic

#BCAA46 #46BC6F #4658BC #BC4693

square

#BCAA46 #46BC6F #4658BC #BC4693

split-complementary

#BCAA46 #4693BC #6F46BC

monochromatic

#645A24 #908234 #BCAA46 #CCBF73 #DDD3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA46

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA46	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37e',
    500: '#bcaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa46;
$custom-light: #d3c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA46

secondary

#959DC9

accent

#66D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA46

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

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