#BCA02F#BCA02F

#BCA02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA02F
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -1.50, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 59.06, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0103 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.13 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8248, 36.0401, 7.8636)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA02F #2F4BBC

analogous

#BC592F #BCA02F #91BC2F

triadic

#BCA02F #2FBCA0 #A02FBC

tetradic

#BCA02F #2FBC59 #2F4BBC #BC2F91

square

#BCA02F #2FBC59 #2F4BBC #BC2F91

split-complementary

#BCA02F #2F91BC #592FBC

monochromatic

#5A4D17 #8B7623 #BCA02F #D4BB54 #E0CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BCA02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA02F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA02F	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)

#B19D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb70',
    500: '#bca02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca02f;
$custom-light: #d4bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA02F

secondary

#7D8CCA

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA02F

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

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