#BCA43D#BCA43D

#BCA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA43D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -2.92, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 54.68, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0128 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8585, 37.5810, 9.8317)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA43D #3D55BC

analogous

#BC653D #BCA43D #95BC3D

triadic

#BCA43D #3DBCA4 #A43DBC

tetradic

#BCA43D #3DBC65 #3D55BC #BC3D95

square

#BCA43D #3DBC65 #3D55BC #BC3D95

split-complementary

#BCA43D #3D95BC #653DBC

monochromatic

#60531F #8E7C2E #BCA43D #CEBB68 #DDD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BCA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA43D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA43D	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be78',
    500: '#bca43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca43d;
$custom-light: #d4be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA43D

secondary

#8C98C9

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA43D

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

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