#BCA12F#BCA12F

#BCA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA12F
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -2.03, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 59.33, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0118 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9988, 36.3882, 7.9216)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA12F #2F4ABC

analogous

#BC5B2F #BCA12F #90BC2F

triadic

#BCA12F #2FBCA1 #A12FBC

tetradic

#BCA12F #2FBC5B #2F4ABC #BC2F90

square

#BCA12F #2FBC5B #2F4ABC #BC2F90

split-complementary

#BCA12F #2F90BC #5B2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4D17 #8B7723 #BCA12F #D4BC54 #E0CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BCA12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA12F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA12F	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)

#B29E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc70',
    500: '#bca12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca12f;
$custom-light: #d4bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71329,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA12F

secondary

#7D8CCA

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA12F

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

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