#BCA12E#BCA12E

#BCA12E 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 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA12E
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -2.07, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 59.69, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.012 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9789, 36.3803, 7.8166)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA12E #2E49BC

analogous

#BC5A2E #BCA12E #90BC2E

triadic

#BCA12E #2EBCA1 #A12EBC

tetradic

#BCA12E #2EBC5A #2E49BC #BC2E90

square

#BCA12E #2EBC5A #2E49BC #BC2E90

split-complementary

#BCA12E #2E90BC #5A2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4D16 #8B7722 #BCA12E #D5BC52 #E1CF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BCA12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA12E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA12E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc6f',
    500: '#bca12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca12e;
$custom-light: #d4bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA12E

secondary

#7C8BCA

accent

#62E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA12E

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

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