#BCAA50#BCAA50

#BCAA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA50
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -4.83, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 48.18, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.016 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5631, 40.0215, 13.3869)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA50 #5062BC

analogous

#BC7450 #BCAA50 #98BC50

triadic

#BCAA50 #50BCAA #AA50BC

tetradic

#BCAA50 #50BC74 #5062BC #BC5098

square

#BCAA50 #50BC74 #5062BC #BC5098

split-complementary

#BCAA50 #5098BC #7450BC

monochromatic

#695E28 #968639 #BCAA50 #CDBF7C #DED5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BCAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA50

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA50	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c384',
    500: '#bcaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa50;
$custom-light: #d3c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA50

secondary

#9CA4CB

accent

#69D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA50

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

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