#BCA124#BCA124

#BCA124 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA124
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -2.46, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 63.01, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0141 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.137 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8042, 36.3104, 6.8968)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA124 #243FBC

analogous

#BC5524 #BCA124 #8BBC24

triadic

#BCA124 #24BCA1 #A124BC

tetradic

#BCA124 #24BC55 #243FBC #BC248B

square

#BCA124 #24BC55 #243FBC #BC248B

split-complementary

#BCA124 #248BBC #5524BC

monochromatic

#554910 #89751A #BCA124 #DBC042 #E5D176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA124 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA124

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA124	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)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6b',
    500: '#bca124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca124;
$custom-light: #d5bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA124

secondary

#7080CC

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA124

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

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