#BCA923#BCA923

#BCA923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA923
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -6.73, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 65.46, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0262 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2322, 39.1904, 7.2985)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA923 #2336BC

analogous

#BC5C23 #BCA923 #82BC23

triadic

#BCA923 #23BCA9 #A923BC

tetradic

#BCA923 #23BC5C #2336BC #BC2382

square

#BCA923 #23BC5C #2336BC #BC2382

split-complementary

#BCA923 #2382BC #5C23BC

monochromatic

#554C10 #887B19 #BCA923 #DCC841 #E5D774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA923

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA923	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26b',
    500: '#bca923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca923;
$custom-light: #d4c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA923

secondary

#6F7ACC

accent

#52EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA923

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

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