#BCA432#BCA432

#BCA432 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA432
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -3.50, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 59.06, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0157 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5920, 37.4744, 8.4282)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA432 #324ABC

analogous

#BC5F32 #BCA432 #8FBC32

triadic

#BCA432 #32BCA4 #A432BC

tetradic

#BCA432 #32BC5F #324ABC #BC328F

square

#BCA432 #32BC5F #324ABC #BC328F

split-complementary

#BCA432 #328FBC #5F32BC

monochromatic

#5B5018 #8C7A25 #BCA432 #D3BD58 #E0D089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA432

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA432	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)

#B5A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be72',
    500: '#bca432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca432;
$custom-light: #d4be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA432

secondary

#808DC9

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA432

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

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