#BCA420#BCA420

#BCA420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA420
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -4.18, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 64.93, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0193 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.141 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2771, 37.3484, 6.7697)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA420 #2038BC

analogous

#BC5620 #BCA420 #86BC20

triadic

#BCA420 #20BCA4 #A420BC

tetradic

#BCA420 #20BC56 #2038BC #BC2086

square

#BCA420 #20BC56 #2038BC #BC2086

split-complementary

#BCA420 #2086BC #5620BC

monochromatic

#53490E #887617 #BCA420 #DEC53B #E7D470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA420

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA420	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be69',
    500: '#bca420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca420;
$custom-light: #d5be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71877,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA420

secondary

#6B7ACD

accent

#56EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA420

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

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