#BCA941#BCA941

#BCA941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA941
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -5.34, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 54.58, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0192 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8827, 39.4506, 10.7246)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA941 #4154BC

analogous

#BC6C41 #BCA941 #92BC41

triadic

#BCA941 #41BCA9 #A941BC

tetradic

#BCA941 #41BC6C #4154BC #BC4192

square

#BCA941 #41BC6C #4154BC #BC4192

split-complementary

#BCA941 #4192BC #6C41BC

monochromatic

#615722 #8F8031 #BCA941 #CDBE6E #DCD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA941

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA941	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c27b',
    500: '#bca941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca941;
$custom-light: #d3c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA941

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA941

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

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