#BCA429#BCA429

#BCA429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA429
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -3.88, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 62.22, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0176 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4165, 37.4042, 7.5043)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA429 #2941BC

analogous

#BC5A29 #BCA429 #8BBC29

triadic

#BCA429 #29BCA4 #A429BC

tetradic

#BCA429 #29BC5A #2941BC #BC298B

square

#BCA429 #29BC5A #2941BC #BC298B

split-complementary

#BCA429 #298BBC #5A29BC

monochromatic

#584C13 #8A781E #BCA429 #D8C14B #E3D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA429

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA429	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)

#B5A00C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be6d',
    500: '#bca429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca429;
$custom-light: #d4be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71923,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA429

secondary

#7684CB

accent

#5CE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA429

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

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