#BCA021#BCA021

#BCA021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA021
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -2.02, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 63.64, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0131 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.137 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5863, 35.9447, 6.6075)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA021 #213DBC

analogous

#BC5221 #BCA021 #8ABC21

triadic

#BCA021 #21BCA0 #A021BC

tetradic

#BCA021 #21BC52 #213DBC #BC218A

square

#BCA021 #21BC52 #213DBC #BC218A

split-complementary

#BCA021 #218ABC #5221BC

monochromatic

#54470F #887418 #BCA021 #DDC03D #E6D171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BCA021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA021

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA021	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb69',
    500: '#bca021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca021;
$custom-light: #d5bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA021

secondary

#6C7DCD

accent

#5BED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA021

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

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