#BCA324#BCA324

#BCA324 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA324
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -3.52, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 63.52, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0171 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.138 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1565, 37.0150, 7.0142)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA324 #243DBC

analogous

#BC5724 #BCA324 #89BC24

triadic

#BCA324 #24BCA3 #A324BC

tetradic

#BCA324 #24BC57 #243DBC #BC2489

square

#BCA324 #24BC57 #243DBC #BC2489

split-complementary

#BCA324 #2489BC #5724BC

monochromatic

#554A10 #89761A #BCA324 #DBC242 #E5D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA324 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA324

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA324	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)

#BBA72E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6b',
    500: '#bca324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca324;
$custom-light: #d5bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.132,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA324

secondary

#707FCC

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA324

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

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