#BCA83E#BCA83E

#BCA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83E
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -4.99, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 55.52, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0186 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6128, 39.0461, 10.2173)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83E #3E52BC

analogous

#BC693E #BCA83E #91BC3E

triadic

#BCA83E #3EBCA8 #A83EBC

tetradic

#BCA83E #3EBC69 #3E52BC #BC3E91

square

#BCA83E #3EBC69 #3E52BC #BC3E91

split-complementary

#BCA83E #3E91BC #693EBC

monochromatic

#605620 #8E7F2F #BCA83E #CEBE6A #DDD298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c179',
    500: '#bca83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83e;
$custom-light: #d3c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83E

secondary

#8D97C9

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83E

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

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