#BCA730#BCA730

#BCA730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA730
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -5.18, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 60.68, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0207 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.135 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0930, 38.5439, 8.3870)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA730 #3045BC

analogous

#BC6130 #BCA730 #8BBC30

triadic

#BCA730 #30BCA7 #A730BC

tetradic

#BCA730 #30BC61 #3045BC #BC308B

square

#BCA730 #30BC61 #3045BC #BC308B

split-complementary

#BCA730 #308BBC #6130BC

monochromatic

#5A5017 #8B7C24 #BCA730 #D4C155 #E0D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA730

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA730	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c071',
    500: '#bca730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca730;
$custom-light: #d4c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA730

secondary

#7E89CA

accent

#5DE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA730

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

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