#BCA121#BCA121

#BCA121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.138 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA121
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -2.55, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 63.89, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0146 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.138 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7603, 36.2928, 6.6656)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA121 #213CBC

analogous

#BC5321 #BCA121 #8ABC21

triadic

#BCA121 #21BCA1 #A121BC

tetradic

#BCA121 #21BC53 #213CBC #BC218A

square

#BCA121 #21BC53 #213CBC #BC218A

split-complementary

#BCA121 #218ABC #5321BC

monochromatic

#54480F #887418 #BCA121 #DDC13D #E6D271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA121

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA121	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)

#B9A62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc69',
    500: '#bca121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca121;
$custom-light: #d5bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71249,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA121

secondary

#6C7DCD

accent

#5AED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA121

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

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