#BCAA23#BCAA23

#BCAA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA23
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -7.25, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 65.75, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0277 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4189, 39.5639, 7.3607)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA23 #2335BC

analogous

#BC5D23 #BCAA23 #81BC23

triadic

#BCAA23 #23BCAA #AA23BC

tetradic

#BCAA23 #23BC5D #2335BC #BC2381

square

#BCAA23 #23BC5D #2335BC #BC2381

split-complementary

#BCAA23 #2381BC #5D23BC

monochromatic

#554D10 #887B19 #BCAA23 #DCC941 #E5D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA23

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA23	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)

#C0AC2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26b',
    500: '#bcaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa23;
$custom-light: #d4c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA23

secondary

#6F7ACC

accent

#51EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA23

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

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