#BCA63A#BCA63A

#BCA63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA63A
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -4.16, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 56.54, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0167 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1406, 38.2710, 9.5382)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA63A #3A50BC

analogous

#BC653A #BCA63A #91BC3A

triadic

#BCA63A #3ABCA6 #A63ABC

tetradic

#BCA63A #3ABC65 #3A50BC #BC3A91

square

#BCA63A #3ABC65 #3A50BC #BC3A91

split-complementary

#BCA63A #3A91BC #653ABC

monochromatic

#5E531D #8D7D2C #BCA63A #CFBD64 #DED193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA63A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA63A	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bca63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca63a;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA63A

secondary

#8994C9

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA63A

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

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