#BCA63E#BCA63E

#BCA63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA63E
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -3.93, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 54.88, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0155 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2464, 38.3133, 10.0952)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA63E #3E54BC

analogous

#BC673E #BCA63E #93BC3E

triadic

#BCA63E #3EBCA6 #A63EBC

tetradic

#BCA63E #3EBC67 #3E54BC #BC3E93

square

#BCA63E #3EBC67 #3E54BC #BC3E93

split-complementary

#BCA63E #3E93BC #673EBC

monochromatic

#605520 #8E7D2F #BCA63E #CEBC6A #DDD198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA63E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA63E	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)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c079',
    500: '#bca63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca63e;
$custom-light: #d3c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA63E

secondary

#8D98C9

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA63E

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

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