#BCA23F#BCA23F

#BCA23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA23F
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -1.74, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 53.23, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0091 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5582, 36.8927, 10.0024)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA23F #3F59BC

analogous

#BC643F #BCA23F #98BC3F

triadic

#BCA23F #3FBCA2 #A23FBC

tetradic

#BCA23F #3FBC64 #3F59BC #BC3F98

square

#BCA23F #3FBC64 #3F59BC #BC3F98

split-complementary

#BCA23F #3F98BC #643FBC

monochromatic

#605320 #8E7B30 #BCA23F #CDB96B #DDCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BCA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA23F

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA23F	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)

#B29F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd79',
    500: '#bca23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca23f;
$custom-light: #d3bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71668,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA23F

secondary

#8E9AC9

accent

#6BD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA23F

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

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