#BCA93C#BCA93C

#BCA93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93C
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -5.63, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 56.67, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0206 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7442, 39.3952, 9.9953)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93C #3C4FBC

analogous

#BC693C #BCA93C #8FBC3C

triadic

#BCA93C #3CBCA9 #A93CBC

tetradic

#BCA93C #3CBC69 #3C4FBC #BC3C8F

square

#BCA93C #3CBC69 #3C4FBC #BC3C8F

split-complementary

#BCA93C #3C8FBC #693CBC

monochromatic

#5F561E #8E7F2D #BCA93C #CEBF67 #DDD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c278',
    500: '#bca93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93c;
$custom-light: #d4c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93C

secondary

#8B94C9

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93C

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

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