#BCA421#BCA421

#BCA421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA421
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -4.15, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 64.66, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0191 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.14 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2909, 37.3539, 6.8424)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA421 #2139BC

analogous

#BC5721 #BCA421 #86BC21

triadic

#BCA421 #21BCA4 #A421BC

tetradic

#BCA421 #21BC57 #2139BC #BC2186

square

#BCA421 #21BC57 #2139BC #BC2186

split-complementary

#BCA421 #2186BC #5721BC

monochromatic

#54490F #887718 #BCA421 #DDC43D #E6D471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA421

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA421	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)

#BCA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be6a',
    500: '#bca421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca421;
$custom-light: #d5be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71882,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA421

secondary

#6C7BCD

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA421

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

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