#BCA93D#BCA93D

#BCA93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93D
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -5.58, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 56.26, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0204 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7709, 39.4059, 10.1359)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93D #3D50BC

analogous

#BC6A3D #BCA93D #90BC3D

triadic

#BCA93D #3DBCA9 #A93DBC

tetradic

#BCA93D #3DBC6A #3D50BC #BC3D90

square

#BCA93D #3DBC6A #3D50BC #BC3D90

split-complementary

#BCA93D #3D90BC #6A3DBC

monochromatic

#60561F #8E7F2E #BCA93D #CEBF68 #DDD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93D	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c278',
    500: '#bca93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93d;
$custom-light: #d3c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93D

secondary

#8C95C9

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93D

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

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