#BCA72F#BCA72F

#BCA72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA72F
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -5.22, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 61.03, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0209 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0726, 38.5358, 8.2795)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA72F #2F44BC

analogous

#BC602F #BCA72F #8ABC2F

triadic

#BCA72F #2FBCA7 #A72FBC

tetradic

#BCA72F #2FBC60 #2F44BC #BC2F8A

square

#BCA72F #2FBC60 #2F44BC #BC2F8A

split-complementary

#BCA72F #2F8ABC #602FBC

monochromatic

#5A5017 #8B7C23 #BCA72F #D4C154 #E0D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA72F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA72F	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c070',
    500: '#bca72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca72f;
$custom-light: #d4c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA72F

secondary

#7D88CA

accent

#5CE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA72F

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

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