#BCA131#BCA131

#BCA131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA131
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -1.94, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 58.59, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0114 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.13 95)
XYZ	xyz(34.0401, 36.4047, 8.1390)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA131 #314CBC

analogous

#BC5B31 #BCA131 #92BC31

triadic

#BCA131 #31BCA1 #A131BC

tetradic

#BCA131 #31BC5B #314CBC #BC3192

square

#BCA131 #31BC5B #314CBC #BC3192

split-complementary

#BCA131 #3192BC #5B31BC

monochromatic

#5B4E18 #8B7724 #BCA131 #D3BB57 #E0CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BCA131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA131

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA131	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)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc71',
    500: '#bca131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca131;
$custom-light: #d4bc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA131

secondary

#7F8ECA

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA131

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

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