#BCAA49#BCAA49

#BCAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA49
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -5.34, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 51.40, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0183 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3178, 39.9234, 12.0950)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA49 #495BBC

analogous

#BC7049 #BCAA49 #94BC49

triadic

#BCAA49 #49BCAA #AA49BC

tetradic

#BCAA49 #49BC70 #495BBC #BC4994

square

#BCAA49 #49BC70 #495BBC #BC4994

split-complementary

#BCAA49 #4994BC #7049BC

monochromatic

#655B25 #928436 #BCAA49 #CCBF76 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA49

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA49	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)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c380',
    500: '#bcaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa49;
$custom-light: #d3c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA49

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA49

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

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