#BCA425#BCA425

#BCA425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA425
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -4.02, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 63.49, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0184 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3503, 37.3777, 7.1552)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA425 #253DBC

analogous

#BC5925 #BCA425 #88BC25

triadic

#BCA425 #25BCA4 #A425BC

tetradic

#BCA425 #25BC59 #253DBC #BC2588

square

#BCA425 #25BC59 #253DBC #BC2588

split-complementary

#BCA425 #2588BC #5925BC

monochromatic

#564B11 #89771B #BCA425 #DAC244 #E4D377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA425

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA425	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be6b',
    500: '#bca425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca425;
$custom-light: #d4be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA425

secondary

#717FCC

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA425

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →