#BCA521#BCA521

#BCA521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA521
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -4.68, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 64.92, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0206 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.141 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4705, 37.7133, 6.9023)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA521 #2138BC

analogous

#BC5721 #BCA521 #85BC21

triadic

#BCA521 #21BCA5 #A521BC

tetradic

#BCA521 #21BC57 #2138BC #BC2185

square

#BCA521 #21BC57 #2138BC #BC2185

split-complementary

#BCA521 #2185BC #5721BC

monochromatic

#544A0F #887718 #BCA521 #DDC53D #E6D571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA521

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA521	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6a',
    500: '#bca521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca521;
$custom-light: #d5bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA521

secondary

#6C7ACD

accent

#55ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA521

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

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