#BCA02B#BCA02B

#BCA02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA02B
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -1.66, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 60.48, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0112 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.133 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7477, 36.0093, 7.4580)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA02B #2B47BC

analogous

#BC582B #BCA02B #8FBC2B

triadic

#BCA02B #2BBCA0 #A02BBC

tetradic

#BCA02B #2BBC58 #2B47BC #BC2B8F

square

#BCA02B #2BBC58 #2B47BC #BC2B8F

split-complementary

#BCA02B #2B8FBC #582BBC

monochromatic

#584B14 #8A7620 #BCA02B #D6BC4E #E2CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BCA02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA02B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA02B	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6e',
    500: '#bca02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca02b;
$custom-light: #d4bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA02B

secondary

#7888CB

accent

#62E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA02B

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

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