#BCA325#BCA325

#BCA325 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	#BCA325
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -3.49, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 63.22, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0169 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.138 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1720, 37.0212, 7.0958)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA325 #253EBC

analogous

#BC5825 #BCA325 #8ABC25

triadic

#BCA325 #25BCA3 #A325BC

tetradic

#BCA325 #25BC58 #253EBC #BC258A

square

#BCA325 #25BC58 #253EBC #BC258A

split-complementary

#BCA325 #258ABC #5825BC

monochromatic

#564A11 #89771B #BCA325 #DAC144 #E4D277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA325

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA325	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: #bca325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6b',
    500: '#bca325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca325;
$custom-light: #d5bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA325

secondary

#7180CC

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA325

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

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