#BCA922#BCA922

#BCA922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCA922
RGBrgb(188, 169, 34)
HSLhsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSVhsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.88, -6.76, 65.40)
CIE-LCHlch(68.88, 65.75, 95.90°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.0264 0.1409)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.143 100.6)
XYZxyz(35.2175, 39.1845, 7.2214)
Luminance0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCA922 #2235BC
analogous
#BC5C22 #BCA922 #82BC22
triadic
#BCA922 #22BCA9 #A922BC
tetradic
#BCA922 #22BC5C #2235BC #BC2282
square
#BCA922 #22BC5C #2235BC #BC2282
split-complementary
#BCA922 #2282BC #5C22BC
monochromatic
#544C0F #887A19 #BCA922 #DCC93F #E6D773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#BCA922 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#BCA922 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA922
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCA922#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCA9221.002.388.848.84
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAB2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB9C91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bca922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 100.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bca922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bca922;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bca922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.597,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCA922
secondary
#6D79CD
accent
#51EC3C
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FBF7EC
border
#D4D0C7
text
#151207
muted
#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA922

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

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#BCA922 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva