#BCA82E#BCA82E

#BCA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA82E
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -5.79, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.68, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0226 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2365, 38.8956, 8.2358)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA82E #2E42BC

analogous

#BC612E #BCA82E #89BC2E

triadic

#BCA82E #2EBCA8 #A82EBC

tetradic

#BCA82E #2EBC61 #2E42BC #BC2E89

square

#BCA82E #2EBC61 #2E42BC #BC2E89

split-complementary

#BCA82E #2E89BC #612EBC

monochromatic

#5A5016 #8B7C22 #BCA82E #D5C252 #E1D484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA82E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA82E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c170',
    500: '#bca82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca82e;
$custom-light: #d4c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA82E

secondary

#7C87CA

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA82E

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

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