#BCA020#BCA020

#BCA020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.138 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA020
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -2.05, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 63.92, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0133 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.138 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5725, 35.9392, 6.5349)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA020 #203CBC

analogous

#BC5220 #BCA020 #8ABC20

triadic

#BCA020 #20BCA0 #A020BC

tetradic

#BCA020 #20BC52 #203CBC #BC208A

square

#BCA020 #20BC52 #203CBC #BC208A

split-complementary

#BCA020 #208ABC #5220BC

monochromatic

#53470E #887317 #BCA020 #DEC13B #E7D170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BCA020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA020

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA020	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B9A52A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.138 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb69',
    500: '#bca020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca020;
$custom-light: #d5bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71034,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA020

secondary

#6B7CCD

accent

#5AEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA020

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

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