#BCA32F#BCA32F

#BCA32F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA32F
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -3.10, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 59.88, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0148 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3511, 37.0928, 8.0391)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA32F #2F48BC

analogous

#BC5C2F #BCA32F #8EBC2F

triadic

#BCA32F #2FBCA3 #A32FBC

tetradic

#BCA32F #2FBC5C #2F48BC #BC2F8E

square

#BCA32F #2FBC5C #2F48BC #BC2F8E

split-complementary

#BCA32F #2F8EBC #5C2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4E17 #8B7923 #BCA32F #D4BD54 #E0D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA32F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA32F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA32F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA32F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA32F	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca32f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd70',
    500: '#bca32f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca32f;
$custom-light: #d4bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca32f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7175,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA32F

secondary

#7D8BCA

accent

#61E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA32F

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

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