#BCA01F#BCA01F

#BCA01F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.138 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA01F
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -2.08, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 64.20, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0134 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.138 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5591, 35.9339, 6.4644)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA01F #1F3BBC

analogous

#BC511F #BCA01F #8ABC1F

triadic

#BCA01F #1FBCA0 #A01FBC

tetradic

#BCA01F #1FBC51 #1F3BBC #BC1F8A

square

#BCA01F #1FBC51 #1F3BBC #BC1F8A

split-complementary

#BCA01F #1F8ABC #511FBC

monochromatic

#53470E #877316 #BCA01F #DEC13A #E7D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BCA01F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BCA01F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA01F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA01F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA01F	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca01f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.138 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb68',
    500: '#bca01f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca01f;
$custom-light: #d5bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca01f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.299,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA01F

secondary

#697BCD

accent

#5AEE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA01F

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

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