#BCA22F#BCA22F

#BCA22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA22F
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -2.57, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 59.60, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0133 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.132 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1743, 36.7391, 7.9801)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA22F #2F49BC

analogous

#BC5B2F #BCA22F #8FBC2F

triadic

#BCA22F #2FBCA2 #A22FBC

tetradic

#BCA22F #2FBC5B #2F49BC #BC2F8F

square

#BCA22F #2FBC5B #2F49BC #BC2F8F

split-complementary

#BCA22F #2F8FBC #5B2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4E17 #8B7823 #BCA22F #D4BD54 #E0D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA22F

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA22F	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)

#B39F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd70',
    500: '#bca22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca22f;
$custom-light: #d4bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA22F

secondary

#7D8BCA

accent

#62E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA22F

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

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