#BCA541#BCA541

#BCA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA541
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -3.22, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 53.28, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0131 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1499, 37.9850, 10.4804)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA541 #4158BC

analogous

#BC6741 #BCA541 #96BC41

triadic

#BCA541 #41BCA5 #A541BC

tetradic

#BCA541 #41BC67 #4158BC #BC4196

square

#BCA541 #41BC67 #4158BC #BC4196

split-complementary

#BCA541 #4196BC #6741BC

monochromatic

#615522 #8F7D31 #BCA541 #CDBB6E #DCD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA541

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA541	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7a',
    500: '#bca541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca541;
$custom-light: #d3bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA541

secondary

#909BC9

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA541

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

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