#BCA731#BCA731

#BCA731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA731
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -5.13, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 60.31, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0204 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1139, 38.5523, 8.4969)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA731 #3146BC

analogous

#BC6231 #BCA731 #8CBC31

triadic

#BCA731 #31BCA7 #A731BC

tetradic

#BCA731 #31BC62 #3146BC #BC318C

square

#BCA731 #31BC62 #3146BC #BC318C

split-complementary

#BCA731 #318CBC #6231BC

monochromatic

#5B5118 #8B7C24 #BCA731 #D3C057 #E0D388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA731

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA731	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)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c071',
    500: '#bca731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca731;
$custom-light: #d4c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA731

secondary

#7F8ACA

accent

#5EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA731

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

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