#BCA43E#BCA43E

#BCA43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA43E
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -2.87, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 54.26, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0125 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8856, 37.5919, 9.9749)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA43E #3E56BC

analogous

#BC653E #BCA43E #95BC3E

triadic

#BCA43E #3EBCA4 #A43EBC

tetradic

#BCA43E #3EBC65 #3E56BC #BC3E95

square

#BCA43E #3EBC65 #3E56BC #BC3E95

split-complementary

#BCA43E #3E95BC #653EBC

monochromatic

#605420 #8E7C2F #BCA43E #CEBB6A #DDD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BCA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA43E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA43E	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)

#B4A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be78',
    500: '#bca43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca43e;
$custom-light: #d4be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA43E

secondary

#8D99C9

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA43E

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

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