#BCA52E#BCA52E

#BCA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA52E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -4.21, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 60.80, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0181 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6891, 37.8007, 8.0533)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA52E #2E45BC

analogous

#BC5E2E #BCA52E #8CBC2E

triadic

#BCA52E #2EBCA5 #A52EBC

tetradic

#BCA52E #2EBC5E #2E45BC #BC2E8C

square

#BCA52E #2EBC5E #2E45BC #BC2E8C

split-complementary

#BCA52E #2E8CBC #5E2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4F16 #8B7A22 #BCA52E #D5C052 #E1D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA52E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA52E	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)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf70',
    500: '#bca52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca52e;
$custom-light: #d4bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA52E

secondary

#7C88CA

accent

#5EE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA52E

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

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