#BCA22B#BCA22B

#BCA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA22B
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -2.73, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 61.01, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0142 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0972, 36.7083, 7.5745)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA22B #2B45BC

analogous

#BC592B #BCA22B #8EBC2B

triadic

#BCA22B #2BBCA2 #A22BBC

tetradic

#BCA22B #2BBC59 #2B45BC #BC2B8E

square

#BCA22B #2BBC59 #2B45BC #BC2B8E

split-complementary

#BCA22B #2B8EBC #592BBC

monochromatic

#584C14 #8A7720 #BCA22B #D6BE4E #E2D080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BCA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA22B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA22B	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6e',
    500: '#bca22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca22b;
$custom-light: #d4bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71514,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA22B

secondary

#7887CB

accent

#5FE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA22B

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

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