#BCA825#BCA825

#BCA825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA825
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -6.14, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 64.60, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0244 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0774, 38.8319, 7.3976)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA825 #2539BC

analogous

#BC5D25 #BCA825 #85BC25

triadic

#BCA825 #25BCA8 #A825BC

tetradic

#BCA825 #25BC5D #2539BC #BC2585

square

#BCA825 #25BC5D #2539BC #BC2585

split-complementary

#BCA825 #2585BC #5D25BC

monochromatic

#564D11 #897A1B #BCA825 #DAC644 #E4D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA825

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA825	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c16c',
    500: '#bca825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca825;
$custom-light: #d4c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72749,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA825

secondary

#717DCC

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA825

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

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