#BCA524#BCA524

#BCA524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA524
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -4.58, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 64.06, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0201 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5144, 37.7308, 7.1335)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA524 #243BBC

analogous

#BC5924 #BCA524 #87BC24

triadic

#BCA524 #24BCA5 #A524BC

tetradic

#BCA524 #24BC59 #243BBC #BC2487

square

#BCA524 #24BC59 #243BBC #BC2487

split-complementary

#BCA524 #2487BC #5924BC

monochromatic

#554B10 #89781A #BCA524 #DBC442 #E5D476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA524

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA524	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6b',
    500: '#bca524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca524;
$custom-light: #d5bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.921,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA524

secondary

#707ECC

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA524

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

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