#BCA525#BCA525

#BCA525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA525
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -4.55, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 63.76, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0199 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.139 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5299, 37.7370, 7.2151)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA525 #253CBC

analogous

#BC5A25 #BCA525 #88BC25

triadic

#BCA525 #25BCA5 #A525BC

tetradic

#BCA525 #25BC5A #253CBC #BC2588

square

#BCA525 #25BC5A #253CBC #BC2588

split-complementary

#BCA525 #2588BC #5A25BC

monochromatic

#564B11 #89781B #BCA525 #DAC344 #E4D477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA525

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA525	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)

#BCA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf6c',
    500: '#bca525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca525;
$custom-light: #d4bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA525

secondary

#717FCC

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA525

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

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