#BCA93B#BCA93B

#BCA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93B
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -5.69, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.08, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0209 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7180, 39.3847, 9.8574)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93B #3B4EBC

analogous

#BC683B #BCA93B #8EBC3B

triadic

#BCA93B #3BBCA9 #A93BBC

tetradic

#BCA93B #3BBC68 #3B4EBC #BC3B8E

square

#BCA93B #3BBC68 #3B4EBC #BC3B8E

split-complementary

#BCA93B #3B8EBC #683BBC

monochromatic

#5F551E #8D7F2C #BCA93B #CFBF65 #DDD394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93B	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c277',
    500: '#bca93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93b;
$custom-light: #d4c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93B

secondary

#8A93C9

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93B

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

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