#BCA83C#BCA83C

#BCA83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83C
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -5.10, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 56.35, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0191 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5589, 39.0246, 9.9336)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83C #3C50BC

analogous

#BC683C #BCA83C #90BC3C

triadic

#BCA83C #3CBCA8 #A83CBC

tetradic

#BCA83C #3CBC68 #3C50BC #BC3C90

square

#BCA83C #3CBC68 #3C50BC #BC3C90

split-complementary

#BCA83C #3C90BC #683CBC

monochromatic

#5F551E #8E7F2D #BCA83C #CEBE67 #DDD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83C	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)

#B8A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c178',
    500: '#bca83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83c;
$custom-light: #d4c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83C

secondary

#8B95C9

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83C

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

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