#BCA231#BCA231

#BCA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA231
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -2.48, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 58.87, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0129 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2155, 36.7556, 8.1975)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA231 #314BBC

analogous

#BC5D31 #BCA231 #91BC31

triadic

#BCA231 #31BCA2 #A231BC

tetradic

#BCA231 #31BC5D #314BBC #BC3191

square

#BCA231 #31BC5D #314BBC #BC3191

split-complementary

#BCA231 #3191BC #5D31BC

monochromatic

#5B4E18 #8B7824 #BCA231 #D3BC57 #E0CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA231

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA231	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd71',
    500: '#bca231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca231;
$custom-light: #d4bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA231

secondary

#7F8DCA

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA231

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

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