#BCA933#BCA933

#BCA933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA933
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -6.10, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 60.19, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0229 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5262, 39.3080, 8.8472)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA933 #3346BC

analogous

#BC6533 #BCA933 #8BBC33

triadic

#BCA933 #33BCA9 #A933BC

tetradic

#BCA933 #33BC65 #3346BC #BC338B

square

#BCA933 #33BC65 #3346BC #BC338B

split-complementary

#BCA933 #338BBC #6533BC

monochromatic

#5C5219 #8C7E26 #BCA933 #D2C25A #DFD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA933

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA933	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c273',
    500: '#bca933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca933;
$custom-light: #d4c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA933

secondary

#818BC9

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA933

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

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