#BCA222#BCA222

#BCA222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA222
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -3.05, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 63.85, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0159 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9500, 36.6494, 6.7989)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA222 #223CBC

analogous

#BC5522 #BCA222 #89BC22

triadic

#BCA222 #22BCA2 #A222BC

tetradic

#BCA222 #22BC55 #223CBC #BC2289

square

#BCA222 #22BC55 #223CBC #BC2289

split-complementary

#BCA222 #2289BC #5522BC

monochromatic

#54490F #887519 #BCA222 #DCC23F #E6D273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA222

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA222	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)

#BAA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bca222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca222;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71464,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA222

secondary

#6D7DCD

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA222

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

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