#BCA033#BCA033

#BCA033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA033
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -1.31, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 57.56, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0093 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.128 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9092, 36.0739, 8.3082)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA033 #334FBC

analogous

#BC5C33 #BCA033 #94BC33

triadic

#BCA033 #33BCA0 #A033BC

tetradic

#BCA033 #33BC5C #334FBC #BC3394

square

#BCA033 #33BC5C #334FBC #BC3394

split-complementary

#BCA033 #3394BC #5C33BC

monochromatic

#5C4E19 #8C7726 #BCA033 #D2BA5A #DFCE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BCA033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA033

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA033	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb72',
    500: '#bca033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca033;
$custom-light: #d4bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71149,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA033

secondary

#8190C9

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA033

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

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