#BCA93E#BCA93E

#BCA93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93E
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -5.52, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 55.85, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0201 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7981, 39.4167, 10.2791)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93E #3E51BC

analogous

#BC6A3E #BCA93E #90BC3E

triadic

#BCA93E #3EBCA9 #A93EBC

tetradic

#BCA93E #3EBC6A #3E51BC #BC3E90

square

#BCA93E #3EBC6A #3E51BC #BC3E90

split-complementary

#BCA93E #3E90BC #6A3EBC

monochromatic

#605620 #8E802F #BCA93E #CEBF6A #DDD298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c279',
    500: '#bca93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93e;
$custom-light: #d3c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93E

secondary

#8D96C9

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93E

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

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