#BCA531#BCA531

#BCA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA531
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -4.07, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 59.72, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0174 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.133 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7503, 37.8252, 8.3757)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA531 #3148BC

analogous

#BC6031 #BCA531 #8EBC31

triadic

#BCA531 #31BCA5 #A531BC

tetradic

#BCA531 #31BC60 #3148BC #BC318E

square

#BCA531 #31BC60 #3148BC #BC318E

split-complementary

#BCA531 #318EBC #6031BC

monochromatic

#5B5018 #8B7A24 #BCA531 #D3BF57 #E0D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA531

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA531	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)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf71',
    500: '#bca531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca531;
$custom-light: #d4bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA531

secondary

#7F8CCA

accent

#60E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA531

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

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