#BCA925#BCA925

#BCA925 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	#BCA925
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -6.66, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 64.88, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0259 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2627, 39.2026, 7.4594)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA925 #2538BC

analogous

#BC5D25 #BCA925 #84BC25

triadic

#BCA925 #25BCA9 #A925BC

tetradic

#BCA925 #25BC5D #2538BC #BC2584

square

#BCA925 #25BC5D #2538BC #BC2584

split-complementary

#BCA925 #2584BC #5D25BC

monochromatic

#564D11 #897B1B #BCA925 #DAC744 #E4D777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA925

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA925	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)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26c',
    500: '#bca925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca925;
$custom-light: #d4c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72962,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA925

secondary

#717CCC

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA925

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

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