#BCA53E#BCA53E

#BCA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -3.40, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 54.57, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.014 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0653, 37.9512, 10.0348)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53E #3E55BC

analogous

#BC663E #BCA53E #94BC3E

triadic

#BCA53E #3EBCA5 #A53EBC

tetradic

#BCA53E #3EBC66 #3E55BC #BC3E94

square

#BCA53E #3EBC66 #3E55BC #BC3E94

split-complementary

#BCA53E #3E94BC #663EBC

monochromatic

#605420 #8E7D2F #BCA53E #CEBB6A #DDD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53E	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf78',
    500: '#bca53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53e;
$custom-light: #d3bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53E

secondary

#8D98C9

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53E

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

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