#BCA31F#BCA31F

#BCA31F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.140 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA31F
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -3.68, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 64.95, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0179 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.14 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0854, 36.9866, 6.6398)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA31F #1F38BC

analogous

#BC551F #BCA31F #86BC1F

triadic

#BCA31F #1FBCA3 #A31FBC

tetradic

#BCA31F #1FBC55 #1F38BC #BC1F86

square

#BCA31F #1FBC55 #1F38BC #BC1F86

split-complementary

#BCA31F #1F86BC #551FBC

monochromatic

#53480E #877516 #BCA31F #DEC43A #E7D46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA31F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA31F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA31F

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA31F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA31F	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca31f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.140 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd69',
    500: '#bca31f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca31f;
$custom-light: #d5bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca31f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA31F

secondary

#6979CD

accent

#56EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA31F

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

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