#BCA73B#BCA73B

#BCA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73B
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -4.63, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 56.44, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0179 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3488, 38.6463, 9.7344)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73B #3B50BC

analogous

#BC673B #BCA73B #90BC3B

triadic

#BCA73B #3BBCA7 #A73BBC

tetradic

#BCA73B #3BBC67 #3B50BC #BC3B90

square

#BCA73B #3BBC67 #3B50BC #BC3B90

split-complementary

#BCA73B #3B90BC #673BBC

monochromatic

#5F541E #8D7E2C #BCA73B #CFBE65 #DDD194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73B	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)

#B7A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bca73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73b;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73B

secondary

#8A94C9

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73B

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

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