#BCA022#BCA022

#BCA022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA022
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -1.99, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 63.35, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0129 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.137 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6005, 35.9504, 6.6824)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA022 #223EBC

analogous

#BC5322 #BCA022 #8BBC22

triadic

#BCA022 #22BCA0 #A022BC

tetradic

#BCA022 #22BC53 #223EBC #BC228B

square

#BCA022 #22BC53 #223EBC #BC228B

split-complementary

#BCA022 #228BBC #5322BC

monochromatic

#54480F #887419 #BCA022 #DCC03F #E6D173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BCA022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA022

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA022	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: #bca022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6a',
    500: '#bca022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca022;
$custom-light: #d5bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA022

secondary

#6D7FCD

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA022

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

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