#BCA125#BCA125

#BCA125 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA125
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -2.42, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 62.70, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0139 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8197, 36.3166, 6.9784)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA125 #2540BC

analogous

#BC5625 #BCA125 #8BBC25

triadic

#BCA125 #25BCA1 #A125BC

tetradic

#BCA125 #25BC56 #2540BC #BC258B

square

#BCA125 #25BC56 #2540BC #BC258B

split-complementary

#BCA125 #258BBC #5625BC

monochromatic

#564911 #89751B #BCA125 #DABF44 #E4D177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA125 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA125

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA125	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)

#B29E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6b',
    500: '#bca125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca125;
$custom-light: #d5bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71269,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA125

secondary

#7181CC

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA125

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

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