#BCA42B#BCA42B

#BCA42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA42B
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -3.80, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 61.56, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0172 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4523, 37.4185, 7.6928)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA42B #2B43BC

analogous

#BC5B2B #BCA42B #8BBC2B

triadic

#BCA42B #2BBCA4 #A42BBC

tetradic

#BCA42B #2BBC5B #2B43BC #BC2B8B

square

#BCA42B #2BBC5B #2B43BC #BC2B8B

split-complementary

#BCA42B #2B8BBC #5B2BBC

monochromatic

#584D14 #8A7920 #BCA42B #D6C04E #E2D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA42B

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA42B	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)

#B5A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be6e',
    500: '#bca42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca42b;
$custom-light: #d4be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA42B

secondary

#7886CB

accent

#5DE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA42B

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

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