#BCA223#BCA223

#BCA223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; 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	#BCA223
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -3.02, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 63.56, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0158 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9646, 36.6553, 6.8760)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA223 #233DBC

analogous

#BC5523 #BCA223 #89BC23

triadic

#BCA223 #23BCA2 #A223BC

tetradic

#BCA223 #23BC55 #233DBC #BC2389

square

#BCA223 #23BC55 #233DBC #BC2389

split-complementary

#BCA223 #2389BC #5523BC

monochromatic

#554910 #887619 #BCA223 #DCC141 #E5D274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA223

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA223	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)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bca223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca223;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71469,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA223

secondary

#6F7ECC

accent

#5AEB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA223

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

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