#BCA03A#BCA03A

#BCA03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA03A
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -0.95, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 54.76, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0075 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0753, 36.1403, 9.1831)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA03A #3A56BC

analogous

#BC5F3A #BCA03A #97BC3A

triadic

#BCA03A #3ABCA0 #A03ABC

tetradic

#BCA03A #3ABC5F #3A56BC #BC3A97

square

#BCA03A #3ABC5F #3A56BC #BC3A97

split-complementary

#BCA03A #3A97BC #5F3ABC

monochromatic

#5E501D #8D782C #BCA03A #CFB864 #DECD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BCA03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA03A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA03A	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb76',
    500: '#bca03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca03a;
$custom-light: #d4bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA03A

secondary

#8997C9

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA03A

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

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