#BCA83A#BCA83A

#BCA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83A
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -5.21, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 57.16, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0197 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5070, 39.0038, 9.6604)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83A #3A4EBC

analogous

#BC673A #BCA83A #8FBC3A

triadic

#BCA83A #3ABCA8 #A83ABC

tetradic

#BCA83A #3ABC67 #3A4EBC #BC3A8F

square

#BCA83A #3ABC67 #3A4EBC #BC3A8F

split-complementary

#BCA83A #3A8FBC #673ABC

monochromatic

#5E541D #8D7E2C #BCA83A #CFBF64 #DED293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83A	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c176',
    500: '#bca83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83a;
$custom-light: #d4c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83A

secondary

#8993C9

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83A

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

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