#BCA434#BCA434

#BCA434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA434
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -3.40, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 58.30, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0152 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6361, 37.4920, 8.6605)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA434 #344CBC

analogous

#BC6034 #BCA434 #90BC34

triadic

#BCA434 #34BCA4 #A434BC

tetradic

#BCA434 #34BC60 #344CBC #BC3490

square

#BCA434 #34BC60 #344CBC #BC3490

split-complementary

#BCA434 #3490BC #6034BC

monochromatic

#5C5019 #8C7A27 #BCA434 #D2BD5B #DFD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA434

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA434	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be73',
    500: '#bca434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca434;
$custom-light: #d4be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA434

secondary

#838FC9

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA434

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

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