#BCA53C#BCA53C

#BCA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53C
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -3.51, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 55.40, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0146 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0114, 37.9296, 9.7511)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53C #3C53BC

analogous

#BC653C #BCA53C #93BC3C

triadic

#BCA53C #3CBCA5 #A53CBC

tetradic

#BCA53C #3CBC65 #3C53BC #BC3C93

square

#BCA53C #3CBC65 #3C53BC #BC3C93

split-complementary

#BCA53C #3C93BC #653CBC

monochromatic

#5F541E #8E7C2D #BCA53C #CEBC67 #DDD095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53C	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf77',
    500: '#bca53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53c;
$custom-light: #d4bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53C

secondary

#8B96C9

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53C

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

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