#BCA833#BCA833

#BCA833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA833
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -5.57, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 59.88, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0214 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.134 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3409, 38.9374, 8.7855)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA833 #3347BC

analogous

#BC6433 #BCA833 #8CBC33

triadic

#BCA833 #33BCA8 #A833BC

tetradic

#BCA833 #33BC64 #3347BC #BC338C

square

#BCA833 #33BC64 #3347BC #BC338C

split-complementary

#BCA833 #338CBC #6433BC

monochromatic

#5C5219 #8C7D26 #BCA833 #D2C15A #DFD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA833

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA833	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)

#B8A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c173',
    500: '#bca833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca833;
$custom-light: #d4c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA833

secondary

#818CC9

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA833

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

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