#BCA11F#BCA11F

#BCA11F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.139 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA11F
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -2.61, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 64.44, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0149 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.139 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7331, 36.2820, 6.5224)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA11F #1F3ABC

analogous

#BC531F #BCA11F #88BC1F

triadic

#BCA11F #1FBCA1 #A11FBC

tetradic

#BCA11F #1FBC53 #1F3ABC #BC1F88

square

#BCA11F #1FBC53 #1F3ABC #BC1F88

split-complementary

#BCA11F #1F88BC #531FBC

monochromatic

#53470E #877416 #BCA11F #DEC23A #E7D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA11F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA11F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA11F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA11F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA11F	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca11f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.139 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc69',
    500: '#bca11f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca11f;
$custom-light: #d5bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca11f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.682,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA11F

secondary

#697BCD

accent

#59EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA11F

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

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