#BCA21F#BCA21F

#BCA21F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA21F
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -3.14, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 64.69, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0164 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.14 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9086, 36.6329, 6.5809)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA21F #1F39BC

analogous

#BC541F #BCA21F #87BC1F

triadic

#BCA21F #1FBCA2 #A21FBC

tetradic

#BCA21F #1FBC54 #1F39BC #BC1F87

square

#BCA21F #1FBC54 #1F39BC #BC1F87

split-complementary

#BCA21F #1F87BC #541FBC

monochromatic

#53470E #877516 #BCA21F #DEC33A #E7D36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA21F

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA21F	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd69',
    500: '#bca21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca21f;
$custom-light: #d5bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7145,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA21F

secondary

#697ACD

accent

#57EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA21F

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

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