#BCA832#BCA832

#BCA832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA832
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -5.62, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 60.25, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0217 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3191, 38.9286, 8.6706)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA832 #3246BC

analogous

#BC6332 #BCA832 #8BBC32

triadic

#BCA832 #32BCA8 #A832BC

tetradic

#BCA832 #32BC63 #3246BC #BC328B

square

#BCA832 #32BC63 #3246BC #BC328B

split-complementary

#BCA832 #328BBC #6332BC

monochromatic

#5B5218 #8C7D25 #BCA832 #D3C158 #E0D389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA832

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA832	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c172',
    500: '#bca832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca832;
$custom-light: #d4c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA832

secondary

#808BC9

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA832

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

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