#BCA122#BCA122

#BCA122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.138 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA122
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -2.52, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 63.60, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0144 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.138 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.7745, 36.2985, 6.7404)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA122 #223DBC

analogous

#BC5422 #BCA122 #8ABC22

triadic

#BCA122 #22BCA1 #A122BC

tetradic

#BCA122 #22BC54 #223DBC #BC228A

square

#BCA122 #22BC54 #223DBC #BC228A

split-complementary

#BCA122 #228ABC #5422BC

monochromatic

#54480F #887519 #BCA122 #DCC13F #E6D173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA122

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA122	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.138 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6a',
    500: '#bca122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca122;
$custom-light: #d5bc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA122

secondary

#6D7ECD

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA122

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

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