#BCA821#BCA821

#BCA821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA821
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -6.26, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 65.74, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0251 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0180, 38.8082, 7.0848)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA821 #2135BC

analogous

#BC5A21 #BCA821 #82BC21

triadic

#BCA821 #21BCA8 #A821BC

tetradic

#BCA821 #21BC5A #2135BC #BC2182

square

#BCA821 #21BC5A #2135BC #BC2182

split-complementary

#BCA821 #2182BC #5A21BC

monochromatic

#544B0F #887918 #BCA821 #DDC83D #E6D771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BCA821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA821

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA821	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16a',
    500: '#bca821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca821;
$custom-light: #d5c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA821

secondary

#6C78CD

accent

#52ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA821

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

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