#BCA93A#BCA93A

#BCA93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93A
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -5.74, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 57.48, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0212 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6923, 39.3745, 9.7222)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93A #3A4DBC

analogous

#BC683A #BCA93A #8EBC3A

triadic

#BCA93A #3ABCA9 #A93ABC

tetradic

#BCA93A #3ABC68 #3A4DBC #BC3A8E

square

#BCA93A #3ABC68 #3A4DBC #BC3A8E

split-complementary

#BCA93A #3A8EBC #683ABC

monochromatic

#5E551D #8D7F2C #BCA93A #CFC064 #DED393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93A

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93A	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c277',
    500: '#bca93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93a;
$custom-light: #d4c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93A

secondary

#8992C9

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93A

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

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