#BCA32A#BCA32A

#BCA32A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32A
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -3.31, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 61.62, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0159 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2560, 37.0548, 7.5380)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32A #2A43BC

analogous

#BC5A2A #BCA32A #8CBC2A

triadic

#BCA32A #2ABCA3 #A32ABC

tetradic

#BCA32A #2ABC5A #2A43BC #BC2A8C

square

#BCA32A #2ABC5A #2A43BC #BC2A8C

split-complementary

#BCA32A #2A8CBC #5A2ABC

monochromatic

#584C14 #8A781F #BCA32A #D7BF4C #E2D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA32A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA32A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6e',
    500: '#bca32a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32a;
$custom-light: #d4bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71718,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32A

secondary

#7785CB

accent

#5EE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32A

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

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