#BCA920#BCA920

#BCA920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA920
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -6.82, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 66.29, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0267 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.144 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1895, 39.1733, 7.0739)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA920 #2033BC

analogous

#BC5B20 #BCA920 #81BC20

triadic

#BCA920 #20BCA9 #A920BC

tetradic

#BCA920 #20BC5B #2033BC #BC2081

square

#BCA920 #20BC5B #2033BC #BC2081

split-complementary

#BCA920 #2081BC #5B20BC

monochromatic

#534B0E #887A17 #BCA920 #DECA3B #E7D870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BCA920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA920

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA920	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26a',
    500: '#bca920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca920;
$custom-light: #d5c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA920

secondary

#6B77CD

accent

#50EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA920

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

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