#BCA943#BCA943

#BCA943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA943
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -5.21, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 53.72, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0186 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9417, 39.4742, 11.0352)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA943 #4356BC

analogous

#BC6D43 #BCA943 #92BC43

triadic

#BCA943 #43BCA9 #A943BC

tetradic

#BCA943 #43BC6D #4356BC #BC4392

square

#BCA943 #43BC6D #4356BC #BC4392

split-complementary

#BCA943 #4392BC #6D43BC

monochromatic

#625823 #8F8033 #BCA943 #CCBE70 #DCD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA943

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA943	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)

#B9A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27c',
    500: '#bca943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca943;
$custom-light: #d3c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA943

secondary

#929BC9

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA943

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

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