#BCA32C#BCA32C

#BCA32C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32C
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -3.23, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 60.94, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0155 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.134 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2927, 37.0695, 7.7312)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32C #2C45BC

analogous

#BC5B2C #BCA32C #8DBC2C

triadic

#BCA32C #2CBCA3 #A32CBC

tetradic

#BCA32C #2CBC5B #2C45BC #BC2C8D

square

#BCA32C #2CBC5B #2C45BC #BC2C8D

split-complementary

#BCA32C #2C8DBC #5B2CBC

monochromatic

#594D15 #8A7820 #BCA32C #D6BF4F #E1D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA32C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA32C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32C

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32C	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)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6f',
    500: '#bca32c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32c;
$custom-light: #d4bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7173,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32C

secondary

#7987CA

accent

#5FE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32C

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

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