#BCA221#BCA221

#BCA221 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	#BCA221
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -3.08, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 64.14, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0161 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9358, 36.6437, 6.7240)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA221 #213BBC

analogous

#BC5421 #BCA221 #89BC21

triadic

#BCA221 #21BCA2 #A221BC

tetradic

#BCA221 #21BC54 #213BBC #BC2189

square

#BCA221 #21BC54 #213BBC #BC2189

split-complementary

#BCA221 #2189BC #5421BC

monochromatic

#54480F #887518 #BCA221 #DDC23D #E6D371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA221

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA221	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)

#BAA72B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd69',
    500: '#bca221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca221;
$custom-light: #d5bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA221

secondary

#6C7CCD

accent

#59ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA221

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

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