#BCA520#BCA520

#BCA520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCA520
RGBrgb(188, 165, 32)
HSLhsl(51, 71%, 43%)
HSVhsv(51, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.80, -4.71, 65.03)
CIE-LCHlch(67.80, 65.20, 94.14°)
OKLaboklab(72.09% -0.0208 0.1397)
OKLCHoklch(72.09% 0.141 98.5)
XYZxyz(34.4567, 37.7077, 6.8296)
Luminance0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCA520 #2037BC
analogous
#BC5720 #BCA520 #85BC20
triadic
#BCA520 #20BCA5 #A520BC
tetradic
#BCA520 #20BC57 #2037BC #BC2085
square
#BCA520 #20BC57 #2037BC #BC2085
split-complementary
#BCA520 #2085BC #5720BC
monochromatic
#53490E #887717 #BCA520 #DEC63B #E7D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#BCA520 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54
#BCA520 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA520
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCA520#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCA5201.002.468.548.54
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5421.001.001.00
##0000008.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCA92B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB988D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bca520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6a',
    500: '#bca520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bca520;
$custom-light: #d5bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bca520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCA520
secondary
#6B79CD
accent
#55EE3A
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FBF6EC
border
#D4D0C7
text
#151207
muted
#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA520

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#BCA520 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva