#BCA321#BCA321

#BCA321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA321
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.62, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 64.40, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0176 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1126, 36.9974, 6.7830)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA321 #213ABC

analogous

#BC5621 #BCA321 #87BC21

triadic

#BCA321 #21BCA3 #A321BC

tetradic

#BCA321 #21BC56 #213ABC #BC2187

square

#BCA321 #21BC56 #213ABC #BC2187

split-complementary

#BCA321 #2187BC #5621BC

monochromatic

#54490F #887618 #BCA321 #DDC33D #E6D371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA321

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA321	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bca321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca321;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7167,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA321

secondary

#6C7CCD

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA321

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

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