#BCA43F#BCA43F

#BCA43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA43F
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -2.81, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 53.83, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0122 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9133, 37.6029, 10.1208)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA43F #3F57BC

analogous

#BC663F #BCA43F #96BC3F

triadic

#BCA43F #3FBCA4 #A43FBC

tetradic

#BCA43F #3FBC66 #3F57BC #BC3F96

square

#BCA43F #3FBC66 #3F57BC #BC3F96

split-complementary

#BCA43F #3F96BC #663FBC

monochromatic

#605420 #8E7C30 #BCA43F #CDBA6B #DDD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BCA43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA43F

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA43F	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B4A132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be79',
    500: '#bca43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca43f;
$custom-light: #d3be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA43F

secondary

#8E99C9

accent

#69D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA43F

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

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