#BCA63B#BCA63B

#BCA63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA63B
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -4.10, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 56.13, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0164 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1663, 38.2813, 9.6735)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA63B #3B51BC

analogous

#BC653B #BCA63B #91BC3B

triadic

#BCA63B #3BBCA6 #A63BBC

tetradic

#BCA63B #3BBC65 #3B51BC #BC3B91

square

#BCA63B #3BBC65 #3B51BC #BC3B91

split-complementary

#BCA63B #3B91BC #653BBC

monochromatic

#5F541E #8D7D2C #BCA63B #CFBD65 #DDD194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA63B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA63B	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bca63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca63b;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA63B

secondary

#8A95C9

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA63B

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

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