#BCA733#BCA733

#BCA733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA733
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -5.04, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 59.58, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0199 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.133 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1570, 38.5696, 8.7242)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA733 #3348BC

analogous

#BC6333 #BCA733 #8DBC33

triadic

#BCA733 #33BCA7 #A733BC

tetradic

#BCA733 #33BC63 #3348BC #BC338D

square

#BCA733 #33BC63 #3348BC #BC338D

split-complementary

#BCA733 #338DBC #6333BC

monochromatic

#5C5119 #8C7C26 #BCA733 #D2C05A #DFD28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA733

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA733	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)

#B8A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c073',
    500: '#bca733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca733;
$custom-light: #d4c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA733

secondary

#818CC9

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA733

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

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