#BCA03D#BCA03D

#BCA03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA03D
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -0.78, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 53.50, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0066 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1539, 36.1718, 9.5969)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA03D #3D59BC

analogous

#BC613D #BCA03D #99BC3D

triadic

#BCA03D #3DBCA0 #A03DBC

tetradic

#BCA03D #3DBC61 #3D59BC #BC3D99

square

#BCA03D #3DBC61 #3D59BC #BC3D99

split-complementary

#BCA03D #3D99BC #613DBC

monochromatic

#60511F #8E792E #BCA03D #CEB868 #DDCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BCA03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA03D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA03D	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)

#B19D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb77',
    500: '#bca03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca03d;
$custom-light: #d4bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA03D

secondary

#8C9AC9

accent

#6CDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA03D

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

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