#BCA031#BCA031

#BCA031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA031
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -1.41, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 58.32, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0098 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8660, 36.0566, 8.0810)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA031 #314DBC

analogous

#BC5B31 #BCA031 #93BC31

triadic

#BCA031 #31BCA0 #A031BC

tetradic

#BCA031 #31BC5B #314DBC #BC3193

square

#BCA031 #31BC5B #314DBC #BC3193

split-complementary

#BCA031 #3193BC #5B31BC

monochromatic

#5B4D18 #8B7724 #BCA031 #D3BA57 #E0CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BCA031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA031

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA031	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)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb71',
    500: '#bca031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca031;
$custom-light: #d4bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA031

secondary

#7F8ECA

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA031

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

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