#BCA32D#BCA32D

#BCA32D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32D
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -3.18, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 60.59, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0153 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3117, 37.0771, 7.8314)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32D #2D46BC

analogous

#BC5B2D #BCA32D #8EBC2D

triadic

#BCA32D #2DBCA3 #A32DBC

tetradic

#BCA32D #2DBC5B #2D46BC #BC2D8E

square

#BCA32D #2DBC5B #2D46BC #BC2D8E

split-complementary

#BCA32D #2D8EBC #5B2DBC

monochromatic

#594D15 #8B7821 #BCA32D #D5BE51 #E1D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA32D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA32D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32D	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)

#B49F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd6f',
    500: '#bca32d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32d;
$custom-light: #d4bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32D

secondary

#7B89CA

accent

#5FE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32D

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

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