#BCA12D#BCA12D

#BCA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA12D
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -2.12, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 60.05, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0123 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9594, 36.3725, 7.7140)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA12D #2D48BC

analogous

#BC592D #BCA12D #8FBC2D

triadic

#BCA12D #2DBCA1 #A12DBC

tetradic

#BCA12D #2DBC59 #2D48BC #BC2D8F

square

#BCA12D #2DBC59 #2D48BC #BC2D8F

split-complementary

#BCA12D #2D8FBC #592DBC

monochromatic

#594C15 #8B7721 #BCA12D #D5BC51 #E1CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BCA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA12D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA12D	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)

#B29E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc6f',
    500: '#bca12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca12d;
$custom-light: #d4bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71316,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA12D

secondary

#7B8ACA

accent

#62E443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA12D

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

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