#BCA83F#BCA83F

#BCA83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA83F
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -4.93, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 55.10, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0183 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6405, 39.0572, 10.3631)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA83F #3F53BC

analogous

#BC6A3F #BCA83F #92BC3F

triadic

#BCA83F #3FBCA8 #A83FBC

tetradic

#BCA83F #3FBC6A #3F53BC #BC3F92

square

#BCA83F #3FBC6A #3F53BC #BC3F92

split-complementary

#BCA83F #3F92BC #6A3FBC

monochromatic

#605620 #8E7F30 #BCA83F #CDBE6B #DDD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA83F

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA83F	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)

#B8A432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c179',
    500: '#bca83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca83f;
$custom-light: #d3c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA83F

secondary

#8E98C9

accent

#65D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA83F

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

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