#BCA331#BCA331

#BCA331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA331
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -3.01, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 59.15, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0144 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3924, 37.1093, 8.2564)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA331 #314ABC

analogous

#BC5E31 #BCA331 #90BC31

triadic

#BCA331 #31BCA3 #A331BC

tetradic

#BCA331 #31BC5E #314ABC #BC3190

square

#BCA331 #31BC5E #314ABC #BC3190

split-complementary

#BCA331 #3190BC #5E31BC

monochromatic

#5B4F18 #8B7924 #BCA331 #D3BD57 #E0D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA331

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA331	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd71',
    500: '#bca331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca331;
$custom-light: #d4bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71763,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA331

secondary

#7F8DCA

accent

#62E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA331

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

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