#BCA73F#BCA73F

#BCA73F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA73F
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -4.40, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 54.78, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0168 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.125 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4566, 38.6894, 10.3018)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA73F #3F54BC

analogous

#BC693F #BCA73F #93BC3F

triadic

#BCA73F #3FBCA7 #A73FBC

tetradic

#BCA73F #3FBC69 #3F54BC #BC3F93

square

#BCA73F #3FBC69 #3F54BC #BC3F93

split-complementary

#BCA73F #3F93BC #693FBC

monochromatic

#605620 #8E7E30 #BCA73F #CDBD6B #DDD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA73F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA73F	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)

#B7A332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c079',
    500: '#bca73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca73f;
$custom-light: #d3c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA73F

secondary

#8E98C9

accent

#66D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA73F

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

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