#BCA220#BCA220

#BCA220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.139 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA220
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -3.11, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 64.42, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0163 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9220, 36.6382, 6.6514)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA220 #203ABC

analogous

#BC5420 #BCA220 #88BC20

triadic

#BCA220 #20BCA2 #A220BC

tetradic

#BCA220 #20BC54 #203ABC #BC2088

square

#BCA220 #20BC54 #203ABC #BC2088

split-complementary

#BCA220 #2088BC #5420BC

monochromatic

#53480E #887517 #BCA220 #DEC33B #E7D370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA220

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA220	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd69',
    500: '#bca220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca220;
$custom-light: #d5bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA220

secondary

#6B7BCD

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA220

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

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