#BCA621#BCA621

#BCA621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA621
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -5.21, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 65.19, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0221 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(34.6516, 38.0754, 6.9626)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA621 #2137BC

analogous

#BC5821 #BCA621 #84BC21

triadic

#BCA621 #21BCA6 #A621BC

tetradic

#BCA621 #21BC58 #2137BC #BC2184

square

#BCA621 #21BC58 #2137BC #BC2184

split-complementary

#BCA621 #2184BC #5821BC

monochromatic

#544A0F #887818 #BCA621 #DDC63D #E6D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA621

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA621	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06a',
    500: '#bca621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca621;
$custom-light: #d5c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA621

secondary

#6C7ACD

accent

#54ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA621

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

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