#BCA52A#BCA52A

#BCA52A 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	#BCA52A
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -4.37, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 62.17, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.019 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.6139, 37.7706, 7.6573)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA52A #2A41BC

analogous

#BC5C2A #BCA52A #8ABC2A

triadic

#BCA52A #2ABCA5 #A52ABC

tetradic

#BCA52A #2ABC5C #2A41BC #BC2A8A

square

#BCA52A #2ABC5C #2A41BC #BC2A8A

split-complementary

#BCA52A #2A8ABC #5C2ABC

monochromatic

#584D14 #8A791F #BCA52A #D7C14C #E2D27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA52A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA52A	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)

#B6A10E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf6e',
    500: '#bca52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca52a;
$custom-light: #d4bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA52A

secondary

#7784CB

accent

#5BE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA52A

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

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