#BCA532#BCA532

#BCA532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA532
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -4.03, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 59.35, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0172 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7716, 37.8337, 8.4881)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA532 #3249BC

analogous

#BC6032 #BCA532 #8EBC32

triadic

#BCA532 #32BCA5 #A532BC

tetradic

#BCA532 #32BC60 #3249BC #BC328E

square

#BCA532 #32BC60 #3249BC #BC328E

split-complementary

#BCA532 #328EBC #6032BC

monochromatic

#5B5018 #8C7B25 #BCA532 #D3BE58 #E0D189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA532

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA532	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf72',
    500: '#bca532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca532;
$custom-light: #d4bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA532

secondary

#808DC9

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA532

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

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