#BCA924#BCA924

#BCA924 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA924
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -6.70, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 65.18, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.026 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2472, 39.1964, 7.3778)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA924 #2437BC

analogous

#BC5D24 #BCA924 #83BC24

triadic

#BCA924 #24BCA9 #A924BC

tetradic

#BCA924 #24BC5D #2437BC #BC2483

square

#BCA924 #24BC5D #2437BC #BC2483

split-complementary

#BCA924 #2483BC #5D24BC

monochromatic

#554D10 #897B1A #BCA924 #DBC842 #E5D776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA924

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA924	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)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26c',
    500: '#bca924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca924;
$custom-light: #d4c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA924

secondary

#707BCC

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA924

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

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