#BCA73A#BCA73A

#BCA73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73A
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -4.69, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 56.85, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0182 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3231, 38.6360, 9.5991)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73A #3A4FBC

analogous

#BC663A #BCA73A #90BC3A

triadic

#BCA73A #3ABCA7 #A73ABC

tetradic

#BCA73A #3ABC66 #3A4FBC #BC3A90

square

#BCA73A #3ABC66 #3A4FBC #BC3A90

split-complementary

#BCA73A #3A90BC #663ABC

monochromatic

#5E541D #8D7D2C #BCA73A #CFBE64 #DED293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73A	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bca73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73a;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73A

secondary

#8993C9

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73A

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

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