#BCA73E#BCA73E

#BCA73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73E
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -4.46, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 55.20, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0171 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4289, 38.6783, 10.1560)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73E #3E53BC

analogous

#BC683E #BCA73E #92BC3E

triadic

#BCA73E #3EBCA7 #A73EBC

tetradic

#BCA73E #3EBC68 #3E53BC #BC3E92

square

#BCA73E #3EBC68 #3E53BC #BC3E92

split-complementary

#BCA73E #3E92BC #683EBC

monochromatic

#605520 #8E7E2F #BCA73E #CEBD6A #DDD198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c079',
    500: '#bca73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73e;
$custom-light: #d3c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73E

secondary

#8D97C9

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73E

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

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