#BCA631#BCA631

#BCA631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA631
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -4.60, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 60.02, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0189 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9314, 38.1873, 8.4361)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA631 #3147BC

analogous

#BC6131 #BCA631 #8DBC31

triadic

#BCA631 #31BCA6 #A631BC

tetradic

#BCA631 #31BC61 #3147BC #BC318D

square

#BCA631 #31BC61 #3147BC #BC318D

split-complementary

#BCA631 #318DBC #6131BC

monochromatic

#5B5018 #8B7B24 #BCA631 #D3C057 #E0D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BCA631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA631

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA631	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c071',
    500: '#bca631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca631;
$custom-light: #d4c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA631

secondary

#7F8BCA

accent

#5FE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA631

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

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