#BCA921#BCA921

#BCA921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA921
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -6.79, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 66.02, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0265 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2033, 39.1788, 7.1466)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA921 #2134BC

analogous

#BC5B21 #BCA921 #81BC21

triadic

#BCA921 #21BCA9 #A921BC

tetradic

#BCA921 #21BC5B #2134BC #BC2181

square

#BCA921 #21BC5B #2134BC #BC2181

split-complementary

#BCA921 #2181BC #5B21BC

monochromatic

#544B0F #887A18 #BCA921 #DDC93D #E6D871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA921

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA921	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26a',
    500: '#bca921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca921;
$custom-light: #d5c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA921

secondary

#6C78CD

accent

#51ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA921

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

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