#BCA830#BCA830

#BCA830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA830
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -5.71, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 60.98, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0221 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2769, 38.9118, 8.4483)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA830 #3044BC

analogous

#BC6230 #BCA830 #8ABC30

triadic

#BCA830 #30BCA8 #A830BC

tetradic

#BCA830 #30BC62 #3044BC #BC308A

square

#BCA830 #30BC62 #3044BC #BC308A

split-complementary

#BCA830 #308ABC #6230BC

monochromatic

#5A5117 #8B7C24 #BCA830 #D4C255 #E0D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA830

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA830	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c171',
    500: '#bca830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca830;
$custom-light: #d4c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA830

secondary

#7E89CA

accent

#5CE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA830

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

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