#BCA333#BCA333

#BCA333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA333
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -2.92, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 58.40, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0139 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4355, 37.1266, 8.4837)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA333 #334CBC

analogous

#BC5F33 #BCA333 #91BC33

triadic

#BCA333 #33BCA3 #A333BC

tetradic

#BCA333 #33BC5F #334CBC #BC3391

square

#BCA333 #33BC5F #334CBC #BC3391

split-complementary

#BCA333 #3391BC #5F33BC

monochromatic

#5C5019 #8C7926 #BCA333 #D2BC5A #DFD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA333

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA333	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)

#B49F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd72',
    500: '#bca333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca333;
$custom-light: #d4bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA333

secondary

#818FC9

accent

#63E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA333

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

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