#BCA12A#BCA12A

#BCA12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.134 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA12A
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -2.24, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.08, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0129 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.134 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9037, 36.3502, 7.4206)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA12A #2A45BC

analogous

#BC582A #BCA12A #8EBC2A

triadic

#BCA12A #2ABCA1 #A12ABC

tetradic

#BCA12A #2ABC58 #2A45BC #BC2A8E

square

#BCA12A #2ABC58 #2A45BC #BC2A8E

split-complementary

#BCA12A #2A8EBC #582ABC

monochromatic

#584B14 #8A761F #BCA12A #D7BD4C #E2D07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BCA12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA12A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA12A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.134 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc6d',
    500: '#bca12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca12a;
$custom-light: #d4bc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA12A

secondary

#7787CB

accent

#60E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA12A

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

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