#BCA72D#BCA72D

#BCA72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA72D
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -5.31, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 61.73, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0213 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.0332, 38.5200, 8.0719)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA72D #2D42BC

analogous

#BC602D #BCA72D #89BC2D

triadic

#BCA72D #2DBCA7 #A72DBC

tetradic

#BCA72D #2DBC60 #2D42BC #BC2D89

square

#BCA72D #2DBC60 #2D42BC #BC2D89

split-complementary

#BCA72D #2D89BC #602DBC

monochromatic

#594F15 #8B7B21 #BCA72D #D5C251 #E1D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA72D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA72D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c06f',
    500: '#bca72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca72d;
$custom-light: #d4c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA72D

secondary

#7B86CA

accent

#5BE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA72D

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

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