#BCA23E#BCA23E

#BCA23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA23E
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -1.80, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 53.66, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0094 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5305, 36.8816, 9.8566)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA23E #3E58BC

analogous

#BC633E #BCA23E #97BC3E

triadic

#BCA23E #3EBCA2 #A23EBC

tetradic

#BCA23E #3EBC63 #3E58BC #BC3E97

square

#BCA23E #3EBC63 #3E58BC #BC3E97

split-complementary

#BCA23E #3E97BC #633EBC

monochromatic

#605320 #8E7A2F #BCA23E #CEB96A #DDCF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BCA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA23E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA23E	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd78',
    500: '#bca23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca23e;
$custom-light: #d4bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA23E

secondary

#8D99C9

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA23E

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

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