#BCA72E#BCA72E

#BCA72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA72E
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -5.27, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 61.39, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0211 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.136 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0526, 38.5278, 8.1745)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA72E #2E43BC

analogous

#BC602E #BCA72E #8ABC2E

triadic

#BCA72E #2EBCA7 #A72EBC

tetradic

#BCA72E #2EBC60 #2E43BC #BC2E8A

square

#BCA72E #2EBC60 #2E43BC #BC2E8A

split-complementary

#BCA72E #2E8ABC #602EBC

monochromatic

#5A5016 #8B7B22 #BCA72E #D5C152 #E1D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA72E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA72E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c070',
    500: '#bca72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca72e;
$custom-light: #d4c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA72E

secondary

#7C87CA

accent

#5CE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA72E

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

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