#BCA823#BCA823

#BCA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA823
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -6.20, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 65.18, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0247 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.0468, 38.8197, 7.2367)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA823 #2337BC

analogous

#BC5B23 #BCA823 #83BC23

triadic

#BCA823 #23BCA8 #A823BC

tetradic

#BCA823 #23BC5B #2337BC #BC2383

square

#BCA823 #23BC5B #2337BC #BC2383

split-complementary

#BCA823 #2383BC #5B23BC

monochromatic

#554C10 #887A19 #BCA823 #DCC741 #E5D674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BCA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA823

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA823	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)

#BEAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c16b',
    500: '#bca823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca823;
$custom-light: #d4c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA823

secondary

#6F7BCC

accent

#53EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA823

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

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