#BCA62D#BCA62D

#BCA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA62D
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -4.78, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 61.44, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0198 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.136 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8507, 38.1550, 8.0111)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA62D #2D43BC

analogous

#BC5E2D #BCA62D #8ABC2D

triadic

#BCA62D #2DBCA6 #A62DBC

tetradic

#BCA62D #2DBC5E #2D43BC #BC2D8A

square

#BCA62D #2DBC5E #2D43BC #BC2D8A

split-complementary

#BCA62D #2D8ABC #5E2DBC

monochromatic

#594F15 #8B7A21 #BCA62D #D5C151 #E1D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BCA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA62D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA62D	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c06f',
    500: '#bca62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca62d;
$custom-light: #d4c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA62D

secondary

#7B87CA

accent

#5CE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA62D

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

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