#BCA03B#BCA03B

#BCA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA03B
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -0.90, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 54.34, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0072 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.122 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1010, 36.1506, 9.3184)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA03B #3B57BC

analogous

#BC5F3B #BCA03B #97BC3B

triadic

#BCA03B #3BBCA0 #A03BBC

tetradic

#BCA03B #3BBC5F #3B57BC #BC3B97

square

#BCA03B #3BBC5F #3B57BC #BC3B97

split-complementary

#BCA03B #3B97BC #5F3BBC

monochromatic

#5F511E #8D782C #BCA03B #CFB865 #DDCD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BCA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA03B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA03B	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)

#B19D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb76',
    500: '#bca03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca03b;
$custom-light: #d4bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71213,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA03B

secondary

#8A98C9

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA03B

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

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