#BCA22E#BCA22E

#BCA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA22E
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -2.61, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 59.96, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0136 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1543, 36.7312, 7.8751)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA22E #2E48BC

analogous

#BC5B2E #BCA22E #8FBC2E

triadic

#BCA22E #2EBCA2 #A22EBC

tetradic

#BCA22E #2EBC5B #2E48BC #BC2E8F

square

#BCA22E #2EBC5B #2E48BC #BC2E8F

split-complementary

#BCA22E #2E8FBC #5B2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4D16 #8B7822 #BCA22E #D5BD52 #E1D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA22E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA22E	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6f',
    500: '#bca22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca22e;
$custom-light: #d4bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA22E

secondary

#7C8ACA

accent

#61E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA22E

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

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