#BCA62E#BCA62E

#BCA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA62E
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -4.74, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 61.09, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0196 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8702, 38.1628, 8.1137)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA62E #2E44BC

analogous

#BC5F2E #BCA62E #8BBC2E

triadic

#BCA62E #2EBCA6 #A62EBC

tetradic

#BCA62E #2EBC5F #2E44BC #BC2E8B

square

#BCA62E #2EBC5F #2E44BC #BC2E8B

split-complementary

#BCA62E #2E8BBC #5F2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4F16 #8B7B22 #BCA62E #D5C152 #E1D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BCA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA62E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA62E	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)

#B7A217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c070',
    500: '#bca62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca62e;
$custom-light: #d4c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA62E

secondary

#7C88CA

accent

#5DE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA62E

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

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