#BCAA48#BCAA48

#BCAA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA48
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -5.41, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 51.85, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0186 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2849, 39.9103, 11.9218)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA48 #485ABC

analogous

#BC7048 #BCAA48 #94BC48

triadic

#BCAA48 #48BCAA #AA48BC

tetradic

#BCAA48 #48BC70 #485ABC #BC4894

square

#BCAA48 #48BC70 #485ABC #BC4894

split-complementary

#BCAA48 #4894BC #7048BC

monochromatic

#655B25 #928335 #BCAA48 #CCBF75 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA48

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA48	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)

#B9A63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37f',
    500: '#bcaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa48;
$custom-light: #d3c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA48

secondary

#969ECA

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA48

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

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