#BCA523#BCA523

#BCA523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.140 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA523
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -4.62, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 64.35, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0203 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.14 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4994, 37.7248, 7.0542)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA523 #233ABC

analogous

#BC5823 #BCA523 #86BC23

triadic

#BCA523 #23BCA5 #A523BC

tetradic

#BCA523 #23BC58 #233ABC #BC2386

square

#BCA523 #23BC58 #233ABC #BC2386

split-complementary

#BCA523 #2386BC #5823BC

monochromatic

#554A10 #887819 #BCA523 #DCC441 #E5D474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA523

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA523	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.140 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6b',
    500: '#bca523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca523;
$custom-light: #d5bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA523

secondary

#6F7DCC

accent

#57EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA523

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

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