#BCA82F#BCA82F

#BCA82F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA82F
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -5.75, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.33, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0224 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2565, 38.9036, 8.3408)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA82F #2F43BC

analogous

#BC612F #BCA82F #89BC2F

triadic

#BCA82F #2FBCA8 #A82FBC

tetradic

#BCA82F #2FBC61 #2F43BC #BC2F89

square

#BCA82F #2FBC61 #2F43BC #BC2F89

split-complementary

#BCA82F #2F89BC #612FBC

monochromatic

#5A5017 #8B7C23 #BCA82F #D4C254 #E0D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA82F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA82F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA82F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA82F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA82F	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca82f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c171',
    500: '#bca82f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca82f;
$custom-light: #d4c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca82f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA82F

secondary

#7D88CA

accent

#5BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA82F

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

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