#BCA232#BCA232

#BCA232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA232
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -2.43, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 58.49, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0126 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 36.7642, 8.3099)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA232 #324CBC

analogous

#BC5D32 #BCA232 #91BC32

triadic

#BCA232 #32BCA2 #A232BC

tetradic

#BCA232 #32BC5D #324CBC #BC3291

square

#BCA232 #32BC5D #324CBC #BC3291

split-complementary

#BCA232 #3291BC #5D32BC

monochromatic

#5B4F18 #8C7825 #BCA232 #D3BC58 #E0CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA232

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA232	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B39F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd71',
    500: '#bca232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca232;
$custom-light: #d4bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA232

secondary

#808EC9

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA232

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

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