#BCA120#BCA120

#BCA120 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.139 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA120
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -2.58, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 64.17, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0148 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.139 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7465, 36.2873, 6.5929)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA120 #203BBC

analogous

#BC5320 #BCA120 #89BC20

triadic

#BCA120 #20BCA1 #A120BC

tetradic

#BCA120 #20BC53 #203BBC #BC2089

square

#BCA120 #20BC53 #203BBC #BC2089

split-complementary

#BCA120 #2089BC #5320BC

monochromatic

#53470E #887417 #BCA120 #DEC23B #E7D270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA120

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA120	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)

#BAA62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.139 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc69',
    500: '#bca120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca120;
$custom-light: #d5bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71244,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA120

secondary

#6B7CCD

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA120

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

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