#BCA625#BCA625

#BCA625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.140 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA625
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -5.08, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 64.03, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0214 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.14 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7110, 38.0992, 7.2755)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA625 #253BBC

analogous

#BC5B25 #BCA625 #87BC25

triadic

#BCA625 #25BCA6 #A625BC

tetradic

#BCA625 #25BC5B #253BBC #BC2587

square

#BCA625 #25BC5B #253BBC #BC2587

split-complementary

#BCA625 #2587BC #5B25BC

monochromatic

#564C11 #89791B #BCA625 #DAC444 #E4D477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA625

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA625	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)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.140 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c06c',
    500: '#bca625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca625;
$custom-light: #d4c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA625

secondary

#717ECC

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA625

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

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