#BCA83B#BCA83B

#BCA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83B
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -5.16, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 56.76, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0194 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5327, 39.0141, 9.7957)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83B #3B4FBC

analogous

#BC673B #BCA83B #8FBC3B

triadic

#BCA83B #3BBCA8 #A83BBC

tetradic

#BCA83B #3BBC67 #3B4FBC #BC3B8F

square

#BCA83B #3BBC67 #3B4FBC #BC3B8F

split-complementary

#BCA83B #3B8FBC #673BBC

monochromatic

#5F551E #8D7E2C #BCA83B #CFBE65 #DDD294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c177',
    500: '#bca83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83b;
$custom-light: #d4c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83B

secondary

#8A94C9

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83B

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

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