#BCA63D#BCA63D

#BCA63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA63D
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -3.99, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 55.30, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0158 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2192, 38.3025, 9.9520)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA63D #3D53BC

analogous

#BC673D #BCA63D #93BC3D

triadic

#BCA63D #3DBCA6 #A63DBC

tetradic

#BCA63D #3DBC67 #3D53BC #BC3D93

square

#BCA63D #3DBC67 #3D53BC #BC3D93

split-complementary

#BCA63D #3D93BC #673DBC

monochromatic

#60541F #8E7D2E #BCA63D #CEBC68 #DDD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA63D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA63D	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c078',
    500: '#bca63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca63d;
$custom-light: #d4c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA63D

secondary

#8C97C9

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA63D

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

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