#BCA52C#BCA52C

#BCA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA52C
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -4.29, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 61.50, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0185 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6506, 37.7853, 7.8505)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA52C #2C43BC

analogous

#BC5D2C #BCA52C #8BBC2C

triadic

#BCA52C #2CBCA5 #A52CBC

tetradic

#BCA52C #2CBC5D #2C43BC #BC2C8B

square

#BCA52C #2CBC5D #2C43BC #BC2C8B

split-complementary

#BCA52C #2C8BBC #5D2CBC

monochromatic

#594E15 #8A7920 #BCA52C #D6C04F #E1D281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA52C

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA52C	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf6f',
    500: '#bca52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca52c;
$custom-light: #d4bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72152,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA52C

secondary

#7986CA

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA52C

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

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