#BCA230#BCA230

#BCA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA230
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -2.52, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 59.24, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0131 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1947, 36.7473, 8.0876)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA230 #304ABC

analogous

#BC5C30 #BCA230 #90BC30

triadic

#BCA230 #30BCA2 #A230BC

tetradic

#BCA230 #30BC5C #304ABC #BC3090

square

#BCA230 #30BC5C #304ABC #BC3090

split-complementary

#BCA230 #3090BC #5C30BC

monochromatic

#5A4E17 #8B7824 #BCA230 #D4BC55 #E0CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA230

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA230	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd70',
    500: '#bca230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca230;
$custom-light: #d4bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA230

secondary

#7E8CCA

accent

#62E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA230

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

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