#BCA02D#BCA02D

#BCA02D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA02D
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -1.58, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 59.78, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0107 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.131 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7853, 36.0244, 7.6560)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA02D #2D49BC

analogous

#BC592D #BCA02D #90BC2D

triadic

#BCA02D #2DBCA0 #A02DBC

tetradic

#BCA02D #2DBC59 #2D49BC #BC2D90

square

#BCA02D #2DBC59 #2D49BC #BC2D90

split-complementary

#BCA02D #2D90BC #592DBC

monochromatic

#594C15 #8B7621 #BCA02D #D5BB51 #E1CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA02D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BCA02D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA02D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA02D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA02D	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)

#B19D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca02d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6f',
    500: '#bca02d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca02d;
$custom-light: #d4bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca02d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA02D

secondary

#7B8ACA

accent

#63E443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA02D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →