#BCA53D#BCA53D

#BCA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53D
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -3.46, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 54.99, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0143 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.124 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0381, 37.9403, 9.8916)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53D #3D54BC

analogous

#BC663D #BCA53D #94BC3D

triadic

#BCA53D #3DBCA5 #A53DBC

tetradic

#BCA53D #3DBC66 #3D54BC #BC3D94

square

#BCA53D #3DBC66 #3D54BC #BC3D94

split-complementary

#BCA53D #3D94BC #663DBC

monochromatic

#60541F #8E7C2E #BCA53D #CEBC68 #DDD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53D	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)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf78',
    500: '#bca53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53d;
$custom-light: #d4bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7228,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53D

secondary

#8C97C9

accent

#67DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53D

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

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