#BCA224#BCA224

#BCA224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA224
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -2.99, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 63.26, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0156 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.137 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9797, 36.6613, 6.9553)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA224 #243EBC

analogous

#BC5624 #BCA224 #8ABC24

triadic

#BCA224 #24BCA2 #A224BC

tetradic

#BCA224 #24BC56 #243EBC #BC248A

square

#BCA224 #24BC56 #243EBC #BC248A

split-complementary

#BCA224 #248ABC #5624BC

monochromatic

#554910 #89761A #BCA224 #DBC142 #E5D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA224

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA224	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)

#CB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6b',
    500: '#bca224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca224;
$custom-light: #d5bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA224

secondary

#7080CC

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA224

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

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