#BCA83D#BCA83D

#BCA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83D
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -5.05, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 55.94, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0189 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5856, 39.0352, 10.0741)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83D #3D51BC

analogous

#BC693D #BCA83D #91BC3D

triadic

#BCA83D #3DBCA8 #A83DBC

tetradic

#BCA83D #3DBC69 #3D51BC #BC3D91

square

#BCA83D #3DBC69 #3D51BC #BC3D91

split-complementary

#BCA83D #3D91BC #693DBC

monochromatic

#60551F #8E7F2E #BCA83D #CEBE68 #DDD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83D

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83D	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c178',
    500: '#bca83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83d;
$custom-light: #d3c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83D

secondary

#8C96C9

accent

#64DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83D

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

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