#BCA43C#BCA43C

#BCA43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA43C
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -2.98, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 55.10, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0131 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.8318, 37.5703, 9.6912)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA43C #3C54BC

analogous

#BC643C #BCA43C #94BC3C

triadic

#BCA43C #3CBCA4 #A43CBC

tetradic

#BCA43C #3CBC64 #3C54BC #BC3C94

square

#BCA43C #3CBC64 #3C54BC #BC3C94

split-complementary

#BCA43C #3C94BC #643CBC

monochromatic

#5F531E #8E7C2D #BCA43C #CEBB67 #DDD095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA43C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA43C	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)

#B4A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be77',
    500: '#bca43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca43c;
$custom-light: #d4be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA43C

secondary

#8B97C9

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA43C

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

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