#BCA43A#BCA43A

#BCA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA43A
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -3.09, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 55.92, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0136 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7799, 37.5496, 9.4180)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA43A #3A52BC

analogous

#BC633A #BCA43A #93BC3A

triadic

#BCA43A #3ABCA4 #A43ABC

tetradic

#BCA43A #3ABC63 #3A52BC #BC3A93

square

#BCA43A #3ABC63 #3A52BC #BC3A93

split-complementary

#BCA43A #3A93BC #633ABC

monochromatic

#5E521D #8D7B2C #BCA43A #CFBB64 #DED093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA43A

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA43A	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be76',
    500: '#bca43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca43a;
$custom-light: #d4be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA43A

secondary

#8995C9

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA43A

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

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