#BCA622#BCA622

#BCA622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA622
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -5.18, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 64.91, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0219 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6658, 38.0811, 7.0375)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA622 #2238BC

analogous

#BC5922 #BCA622 #85BC22

triadic

#BCA622 #22BCA6 #A622BC

tetradic

#BCA622 #22BC59 #2238BC #BC2285

square

#BCA622 #22BC59 #2238BC #BC2285

split-complementary

#BCA622 #2285BC #5922BC

monochromatic

#544A0F #887819 #BCA622 #DCC63F #E6D573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA622

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA622	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06a',
    500: '#bca622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca622;
$custom-light: #d5c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA622

secondary

#6D7BCD

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA622

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

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