#BCA322#BCA322

#BCA322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA322
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.59, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 64.11, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0174 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.139 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1268, 37.0031, 6.8578)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA322 #223BBC

analogous

#BC5622 #BCA322 #88BC22

triadic

#BCA322 #22BCA3 #A322BC

tetradic

#BCA322 #22BC56 #223BBC #BC2288

square

#BCA322 #22BC56 #223BBC #BC2288

split-complementary

#BCA322 #2288BC #5622BC

monochromatic

#54490F #887619 #BCA322 #DCC33F #E6D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA322

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA322	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)

#BBA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bca322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca322;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA322

secondary

#6D7DCD

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA322

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

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