#BCAA47#BCAA47

#BCAA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA47
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -5.48, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 52.30, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0189 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.2526, 39.8973, 11.7514)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA47 #4759BC

analogous

#BC6F47 #BCAA47 #93BC47

triadic

#BCAA47 #47BCAA #AA47BC

tetradic

#BCAA47 #47BC6F #4759BC #BC4793

square

#BCAA47 #47BC6F #4759BC #BC4793

split-complementary

#BCAA47 #4793BC #6F47BC

monochromatic

#645A24 #918335 #BCAA47 #CCBF74 #DDD3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCAA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA47

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA47	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)

#B9A63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37e',
    500: '#bcaa47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa47;
$custom-light: #d3c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA47

secondary

#959DC9

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA47

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

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