#BCA52F#BCA52F

#BCA52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA52F
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -4.16, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 60.45, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0179 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7090, 37.8087, 8.1584)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA52F #2F46BC

analogous

#BC5E2F #BCA52F #8CBC2F

triadic

#BCA52F #2FBCA5 #A52FBC

tetradic

#BCA52F #2FBC5E #2F46BC #BC2F8C

square

#BCA52F #2FBC5E #2F46BC #BC2F8C

split-complementary

#BCA52F #2F8CBC #5E2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4F17 #8B7A23 #BCA52F #D4BF54 #E0D285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA52F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA52F	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf70',
    500: '#bca52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca52f;
$custom-light: #d4bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72172,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA52F

secondary

#7D89CA

accent

#5FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA52F

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

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