#BCA234#BCA234

#BCA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA234
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -2.33, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 57.73, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0121 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2810, 36.7818, 8.5421)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA234 #344EBC

analogous

#BC5E34 #BCA234 #92BC34

triadic

#BCA234 #34BCA2 #A234BC

tetradic

#BCA234 #34BC5E #344EBC #BC3492

square

#BCA234 #34BC5E #344EBC #BC3492

split-complementary

#BCA234 #3492BC #5E34BC

monochromatic

#5C4F19 #8C7927 #BCA234 #D2BB5B #DFCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA234

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA234	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd73',
    500: '#bca234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca234;
$custom-light: #d4bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA234

secondary

#8390C9

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA234

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

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