#BCA93F#BCA93F

#BCA93F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA93F
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -5.46, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 55.43, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0198 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.8258, 39.4278, 10.4249)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA93F #3F52BC

analogous

#BC6B3F #BCA93F #91BC3F

triadic

#BCA93F #3FBCA9 #A93FBC

tetradic

#BCA93F #3FBC6B #3F52BC #BC3F91

square

#BCA93F #3FBC6B #3F52BC #BC3F91

split-complementary

#BCA93F #3F91BC #6B3FBC

monochromatic

#605720 #8E8030 #BCA93F #CDBE6B #DDD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA93F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA93F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA93F

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA93F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA93F	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca93f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c279',
    500: '#bca93f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca93f;
$custom-light: #d3c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca93f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA93F

secondary

#8E97C9

accent

#64D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA93F

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

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