#BCA23A#BCA23A

#BCA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA23A
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -2.02, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.33, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0106 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.124 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4248, 36.8393, 9.2996)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA23A #3A54BC

analogous

#BC613A #BCA23A #95BC3A

triadic

#BCA23A #3ABCA2 #A23ABC

tetradic

#BCA23A #3ABC61 #3A54BC #BC3A95

square

#BCA23A #3ABC61 #3A54BC #BC3A95

split-complementary

#BCA23A #3A95BC #613ABC

monochromatic

#5E511D #8D7A2C #BCA23A #CFBA64 #DECF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA23A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA23A	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd76',
    500: '#bca23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca23a;
$custom-light: #d4bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA23A

secondary

#8996C9

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA23A

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

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