#BCA233#BCA233

#BCA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA233
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -2.38, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 58.11, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0124 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2587, 36.7729, 8.4247)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA233 #334DBC

analogous

#BC5E33 #BCA233 #92BC33

triadic

#BCA233 #33BCA2 #A233BC

tetradic

#BCA233 #33BC5E #334DBC #BC3392

square

#BCA233 #33BC5E #334DBC #BC3392

split-complementary

#BCA233 #3392BC #5E33BC

monochromatic

#5C4F19 #8C7926 #BCA233 #D2BB5A #DFCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA233

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA233	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)

#B39F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd72',
    500: '#bca233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca233;
$custom-light: #d4bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA233

secondary

#818FC9

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA233

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

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