#BCA23C#BCA23C

#BCA23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.123 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA23C
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -1.91, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 54.50, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.01 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4767, 36.8601, 9.5728)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA23C #3C56BC

analogous

#BC623C #BCA23C #96BC3C

triadic

#BCA23C #3CBCA2 #A23CBC

tetradic

#BCA23C #3CBC62 #3C56BC #BC3C96

square

#BCA23C #3CBC62 #3C56BC #BC3C96

split-complementary

#BCA23C #3C96BC #623CBC

monochromatic

#5F521E #8E7A2D #BCA23C #CEB967 #DDCF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA23C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA23C	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)

#B29F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.123 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd77',
    500: '#bca23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca23c;
$custom-light: #d4bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7164,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA23C

secondary

#8B98C9

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA23C

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

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