#BCA22C#BCA22C

#BCA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA22C
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -2.69, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 60.66, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.014 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.1158, 36.7158, 7.6723)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA22C #2C46BC

analogous

#BC5A2C #BCA22C #8EBC2C

triadic

#BCA22C #2CBCA2 #A22CBC

tetradic

#BCA22C #2CBC5A #2C46BC #BC2C8E

square

#BCA22C #2CBC5A #2C46BC #BC2C8E

split-complementary

#BCA22C #2C8EBC #5A2CBC

monochromatic

#594D15 #8A7720 #BCA22C #D6BE4F #E1D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BCA22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA22C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA22C	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)

#B39E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6e',
    500: '#bca22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca22c;
$custom-light: #d4bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA22C

secondary

#7988CA

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA22C

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

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