#BCA23D#BCA23D

#BCA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA23D
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -1.86, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 54.08, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0097 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.122 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5034, 36.8708, 9.7134)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA23D #3D57BC

analogous

#BC633D #BCA23D #97BC3D

triadic

#BCA23D #3DBCA2 #A23DBC

tetradic

#BCA23D #3DBC63 #3D57BC #BC3D97

square

#BCA23D #3DBC63 #3D57BC #BC3D97

split-complementary

#BCA23D #3D97BC #633DBC

monochromatic

#60521F #8E7A2E #BCA23D #CEB968 #DDCF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA23D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA23D	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)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd78',
    500: '#bca23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca23d;
$custom-light: #d4bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA23D

secondary

#8C99C9

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA23D

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

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