#BCA424#BCA424

#BCA424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA424
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -4.05, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 63.79, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0186 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.139 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3348, 37.3715, 7.0737)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA424 #243CBC

analogous

#BC5824 #BCA424 #88BC24

triadic

#BCA424 #24BCA4 #A424BC

tetradic

#BCA424 #24BC58 #243CBC #BC2488

square

#BCA424 #24BC58 #243CBC #BC2488

split-complementary

#BCA424 #2488BC #5824BC

monochromatic

#554A10 #89771A #BCA424 #DBC342 #E5D376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA424

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA424	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)

#BCA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be6b',
    500: '#bca424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca424;
$custom-light: #d5be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA424

secondary

#707ECC

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA424

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

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