#BCA530#BCA530

#BCA530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA530
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -4.12, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 60.09, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0176 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7294, 37.8168, 8.2658)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA530 #3047BC

analogous

#BC5F30 #BCA530 #8DBC30

triadic

#BCA530 #30BCA5 #A530BC

tetradic

#BCA530 #30BC5F #3047BC #BC308D

square

#BCA530 #30BC5F #3047BC #BC308D

split-complementary

#BCA530 #308DBC #5F30BC

monochromatic

#5A4F17 #8B7A24 #BCA530 #D4BF55 #E0D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA530

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA530	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf71',
    500: '#bca530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca530;
$custom-light: #d4bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72178,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA530

secondary

#7E8BCA

accent

#5FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA530

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

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