#BCA533#BCA533

#BCA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA533
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -3.98, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 58.98, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0169 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7934, 37.8424, 8.6030)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA533 #334ABC

analogous

#BC6133 #BCA533 #8FBC33

triadic

#BCA533 #33BCA5 #A533BC

tetradic

#BCA533 #33BC61 #334ABC #BC338F

square

#BCA533 #33BC61 #334ABC #BC338F

split-complementary

#BCA533 #338FBC #6133BC

monochromatic

#5C5019 #8C7B26 #BCA533 #D2BE5A #DFD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA533

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA533	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)

#B6A120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf72',
    500: '#bca533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca533;
$custom-light: #d4bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA533

secondary

#818EC9

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA533

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

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