#BCA529#BCA529

#BCA529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA529
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -4.41, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 62.50, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0191 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.5962, 37.7635, 7.5642)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA529 #2940BC

analogous

#BC5B29 #BCA529 #8ABC29

triadic

#BCA529 #29BCA5 #A529BC

tetradic

#BCA529 #29BC5B #2940BC #BC298A

square

#BCA529 #29BC5B #2940BC #BC298A

split-complementary

#BCA529 #298ABC #5B29BC

monochromatic

#584D13 #8A791E #BCA529 #D8C24B #E3D37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA529

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA529	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)

#B6A10B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf6d',
    500: '#bca529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca529;
$custom-light: #d4bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA529

secondary

#7683CB

accent

#5BE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA529

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

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