#BCA53F#BCA53F

#BCA53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA53F
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -3.34, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 54.14, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0137 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0930, 37.9623, 10.1807)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA53F #3F56BC

analogous

#BC673F #BCA53F #95BC3F

triadic

#BCA53F #3FBCA5 #A53FBC

tetradic

#BCA53F #3FBC67 #3F56BC #BC3F95

square

#BCA53F #3FBC67 #3F56BC #BC3F95

split-complementary

#BCA53F #3F95BC #673FBC

monochromatic

#605520 #8E7D30 #BCA53F #CDBB6B #DDD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA53F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA53F	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)

#B5A132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf79',
    500: '#bca53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca53f;
$custom-light: #d3bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA53F

secondary

#8E99C9

accent

#68D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA53F

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

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