#BCA42A#BCA42A

#BCA42A 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	#BCA42A
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -3.84, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 61.89, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0174 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4342, 37.4113, 7.5974)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA42A #2A42BC

analogous

#BC5B2A #BCA42A #8BBC2A

triadic

#BCA42A #2ABCA4 #A42ABC

tetradic

#BCA42A #2ABC5B #2A42BC #BC2A8B

square

#BCA42A #2ABC5B #2A42BC #BC2A8B

split-complementary

#BCA42A #2A8BBC #5B2ABC

monochromatic

#584D14 #8A781F #BCA42A #D7C04C #E2D27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA42A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA42A	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)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be6e',
    500: '#bca42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca42a;
$custom-light: #d4be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA42A

secondary

#7785CB

accent

#5CE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA42A

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

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