#BCA53B#BCA53B

#BCA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53B
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -3.57, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 55.82, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0149 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9853, 37.9192, 9.6132)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53B #3B52BC

analogous

#BC643B #BCA53B #92BC3B

triadic

#BCA53B #3BBCA5 #A53BBC

tetradic

#BCA53B #3BBC64 #3B52BC #BC3B92

square

#BCA53B #3BBC64 #3B52BC #BC3B92

split-complementary

#BCA53B #3B92BC #643BBC

monochromatic

#5F531E #8D7C2C #BCA53B #CFBC65 #DDD094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf77',
    500: '#bca53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53b;
$custom-light: #d4bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53B

secondary

#8A95C9

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53B

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

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