#BCA41F#BCA41F

#BCA41F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA41F
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -4.21, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 65.20, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0194 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.141 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2637, 37.3431, 6.6992)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA41F #1F37BC

analogous

#BC551F #BCA41F #85BC1F

triadic

#BCA41F #1FBCA4 #A41FBC

tetradic

#BCA41F #1FBC55 #1F37BC #BC1F85

square

#BCA41F #1FBC55 #1F37BC #BC1F85

split-complementary

#BCA41F #1F85BC #551FBC

monochromatic

#53480E #877616 #BCA41F #DEC53A #E7D56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA41F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA41F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA41F

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA41F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA41F	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca41f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be69',
    500: '#bca41f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca41f;
$custom-light: #d5be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca41f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA41F

secondary

#6979CD

accent

#55EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA41F

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

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