#BCA42D#BCA42D

#BCA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA42D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -3.72, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 60.87, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0168 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4899, 37.4336, 7.8908)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA42D #2D45BC

analogous

#BC5C2D #BCA42D #8CBC2D

triadic

#BCA42D #2DBCA4 #A42DBC

tetradic

#BCA42D #2DBC5C #2D45BC #BC2D8C

square

#BCA42D #2DBC5C #2D45BC #BC2D8C

split-complementary

#BCA42D #2D8CBC #5C2DBC

monochromatic

#594E15 #8B7921 #BCA42D #D5BF51 #E1D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA42D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA42D	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be6f',
    500: '#bca42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca42d;
$custom-light: #d4be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA42D

secondary

#7B88CA

accent

#5EE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA42D

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

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