#BCA32E#BCA32E

#BCA32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32E
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -3.14, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 60.24, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0151 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.133 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3312, 37.0849, 7.9340)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32E #2E47BC

analogous

#BC5C2E #BCA32E #8EBC2E

triadic

#BCA32E #2EBCA3 #A32EBC

tetradic

#BCA32E #2EBC5C #2E47BC #BC2E8E

square

#BCA32E #2EBC5C #2E47BC #BC2E8E

split-complementary

#BCA32E #2E8EBC #5C2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4E16 #8B7822 #BCA32E #D5BE52 #E1D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd70',
    500: '#bca32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32e;
$custom-light: #d4bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32E

secondary

#7C8ACA

accent

#60E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32E

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

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