#BCA32B#BCA32B

#BCA32B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32B
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -3.27, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 61.28, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0157 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.135 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2741, 37.0620, 7.6334)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32B #2B44BC

analogous

#BC5A2B #BCA32B #8DBC2B

triadic

#BCA32B #2BBCA3 #A32BBC

tetradic

#BCA32B #2BBC5A #2B44BC #BC2B8D

square

#BCA32B #2BBC5A #2B44BC #BC2B8D

split-complementary

#BCA32B #2B8DBC #5A2BBC

monochromatic

#584D14 #8A7820 #BCA32B #D6BF4E #E2D180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA32B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA32B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32B	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)

#B49F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6e',
    500: '#bca32b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32b;
$custom-light: #d4bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32B

secondary

#7886CB

accent

#5EE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32B

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

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