#BCA53A#BCA53A

#BCA53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53A
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -3.62, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 56.23, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0151 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9596, 37.9089, 9.4779)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53A #3A51BC

analogous

#BC643A #BCA53A #92BC3A

triadic

#BCA53A #3ABCA5 #A53ABC

tetradic

#BCA53A #3ABC64 #3A51BC #BC3A92

square

#BCA53A #3ABC64 #3A51BC #BC3A92

split-complementary

#BCA53A #3A92BC #643ABC

monochromatic

#5E531D #8D7C2C #BCA53A #CFBC64 #DED093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53A	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf76',
    500: '#bca53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53a;
$custom-light: #d4bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53A

secondary

#8994C9

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53A

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

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