#BCA02E#BCA02E

#BCA02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA02E
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -1.54, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 59.42, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0105 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.131 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8048, 36.0322, 7.7586)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA02E #2E4ABC

analogous

#BC592E #BCA02E #91BC2E

triadic

#BCA02E #2EBCA0 #A02EBC

tetradic

#BCA02E #2EBC59 #2E4ABC #BC2E91

square

#BCA02E #2EBC59 #2E4ABC #BC2E91

split-complementary

#BCA02E #2E91BC #592EBC

monochromatic

#5A4C16 #8B7622 #BCA02E #D5BB52 #E1CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BCA02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA02E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA02E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6f',
    500: '#bca02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca02e;
$custom-light: #d4bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71113,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA02E

secondary

#7C8BCA

accent

#64E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA02E

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

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