#BCAA24#BCAA24

#BCAA24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.143 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA24
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -7.22, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 65.47, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0275 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.143 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4340, 39.5699, 7.4401)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA24 #2436BC

analogous

#BC5E24 #BCAA24 #82BC24

triadic

#BCAA24 #24BCAA #AA24BC

tetradic

#BCAA24 #24BC5E #2436BC #BC2482

square

#BCAA24 #24BC5E #2436BC #BC2482

split-complementary

#BCAA24 #2482BC #5E24BC

monochromatic

#554D10 #897C1A #BCAA24 #DBC942 #E5D876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCAA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCAA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA24

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA24	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)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.143 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26c',
    500: '#bcaa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa24;
$custom-light: #d4c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA24

secondary

#707BCC

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA24

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

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