#BCA023#BCA023

#BCA023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA023
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -1.95, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 63.06, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0127 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.137 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6151, 35.9563, 6.7595)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA023 #233FBC

analogous

#BC5423 #BCA023 #8BBC23

triadic

#BCA023 #23BCA0 #A023BC

tetradic

#BCA023 #23BC54 #233FBC #BC238B

square

#BCA023 #23BC54 #233FBC #BC238B

split-complementary

#BCA023 #238BBC #5423BC

monochromatic

#554810 #887419 #BCA023 #DCBF41 #E5D074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BCA023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA023

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA023	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)

#B9A52C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6a',
    500: '#bca023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca023;
$custom-light: #d5bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71049,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA023

secondary

#6F80CC

accent

#5CEB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA023

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

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