#BCAA31#BCAA31

#BCAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA31
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -6.72, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 61.23, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0249 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6698, 39.6642, 8.6822)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA31 #3143BC

analogous

#BC6531 #BCAA31 #89BC31

triadic

#BCAA31 #31BCAA #AA31BC

tetradic

#BCAA31 #31BC65 #3143BC #BC3189

square

#BCAA31 #31BC65 #3143BC #BC3189

split-complementary

#BCAA31 #3189BC #6531BC

monochromatic

#5B5218 #8B7E24 #BCAA31 #D3C357 #E0D488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA31

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA31	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c272',
    500: '#bcaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa31;
$custom-light: #d4c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA31

secondary

#7F89CA

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA31

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

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