#BCA73D#BCA73D

#BCA73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73D
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -4.52, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 55.62, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0173 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4017, 38.6674, 10.0128)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73D #3D52BC

analogous

#BC683D #BCA73D #92BC3D

triadic

#BCA73D #3DBCA7 #A73DBC

tetradic

#BCA73D #3DBC68 #3D52BC #BC3D92

square

#BCA73D #3DBC68 #3D52BC #BC3D92

split-complementary

#BCA73D #3D92BC #683DBC

monochromatic

#60551F #8E7E2E #BCA73D #CEBD68 #DDD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73D	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c078',
    500: '#bca73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73d;
$custom-light: #d4c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73D

secondary

#8C96C9

accent

#65DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73D

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

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