#BCA73C#BCA73C

#BCA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73C
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -4.57, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 56.03, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0176 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.3750, 38.6567, 9.8723)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73C #3C51BC

analogous

#BC673C #BCA73C #91BC3C

triadic

#BCA73C #3CBCA7 #A73CBC

tetradic

#BCA73C #3CBC67 #3C51BC #BC3C91

square

#BCA73C #3CBC67 #3C51BC #BC3C91

split-complementary

#BCA73C #3C91BC #673CBC

monochromatic

#5F551E #8E7E2D #BCA73C #CEBD67 #DDD195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bca73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73c;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73C

secondary

#8B95C9

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73C

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

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