#BCA932#BCA932

#BCA932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA932
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -6.14, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 60.56, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0232 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5044, 39.2993, 8.7324)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA932 #3245BC

analogous

#BC6432 #BCA932 #8ABC32

triadic

#BCA932 #32BCA9 #A932BC

tetradic

#BCA932 #32BC64 #3245BC #BC328A

square

#BCA932 #32BC64 #3245BC #BC328A

split-complementary

#BCA932 #328ABC #6432BC

monochromatic

#5B5218 #8C7E25 #BCA932 #D3C258 #E0D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA932

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA932	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c272',
    500: '#bca932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca932;
$custom-light: #d4c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA932

secondary

#808AC9

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA932

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

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