#BCA725#BCA725

#BCA725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA725
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -5.61, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 64.31, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0229 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8935, 38.4641, 7.3363)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA725 #253ABC

analogous

#BC5C25 #BCA725 #86BC25

triadic

#BCA725 #25BCA7 #A725BC

tetradic

#BCA725 #25BC5C #253ABC #BC2586

square

#BCA725 #25BC5C #253ABC #BC2586

split-complementary

#BCA725 #2586BC #5C25BC

monochromatic

#564C11 #897A1B #BCA725 #DAC544 #E4D577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA725

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA725	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c06c',
    500: '#bca725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca725;
$custom-light: #d4c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA725

secondary

#717ECC

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA725

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

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