#BCA63C#BCA63C

#BCA63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA63C
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -4.04, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 55.72, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0161 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1925, 38.2918, 9.8114)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA63C #3C52BC

analogous

#BC663C #BCA63C #92BC3C

triadic

#BCA63C #3CBCA6 #A63CBC

tetradic

#BCA63C #3CBC66 #3C52BC #BC3C92

square

#BCA63C #3CBC66 #3C52BC #BC3C92

split-complementary

#BCA63C #3C92BC #663CBC

monochromatic

#5F541E #8E7D2D #BCA63C #CEBD67 #DDD195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA63C

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA63C	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)

#B6A22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bca63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca63c;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA63C

secondary

#8B96C9

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA63C

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

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