#BCA431#BCA431

#BCA431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA431
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -3.54, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 59.43, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0159 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.132 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5706, 37.4659, 8.3158)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA431 #3149BC

analogous

#BC5F31 #BCA431 #8FBC31

triadic

#BCA431 #31BCA4 #A431BC

tetradic

#BCA431 #31BC5F #3149BC #BC318F

square

#BCA431 #31BC5F #3149BC #BC318F

split-complementary

#BCA431 #318FBC #5F31BC

monochromatic

#5B4F18 #8B7A24 #BCA431 #D3BE57 #E0D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA431

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA431	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be71',
    500: '#bca431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca431;
$custom-light: #d4be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA431

secondary

#7F8CCA

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA431

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

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