#BCAA21#BCAA21

#BCAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA21
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -7.31, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 66.31, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.028 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3901, 39.5523, 7.2088)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA21 #2133BC

analogous

#BC5C21 #BCAA21 #80BC21

triadic

#BCAA21 #21BCAA #AA21BC

tetradic

#BCAA21 #21BC5C #2133BC #BC2180

square

#BCAA21 #21BC5C #2133BC #BC2180

split-complementary

#BCAA21 #2180BC #5C21BC

monochromatic

#544C0F #887B18 #BCAA21 #DDCA3D #E6D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA21

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA21	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bcaa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa21;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA21

secondary

#6C77CD

accent

#50ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA21

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

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