#BCAA25#BCAA25

#BCAA25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA25
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -7.19, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 65.17, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0273 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.4495, 39.5761, 7.5216)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA25 #2537BC

analogous

#BC5F25 #BCAA25 #83BC25

triadic

#BCAA25 #25BCAA #AA25BC

tetradic

#BCAA25 #25BC5F #2537BC #BC2583

square

#BCAA25 #25BC5F #2537BC #BC2583

split-complementary

#BCAA25 #2583BC #5F25BC

monochromatic

#564E11 #897C1B #BCAA25 #DAC844 #E4D777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCAA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCAA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA25

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA25	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)

#C0AC30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c26c',
    500: '#bcaa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa25;
$custom-light: #d4c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.848,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA25

secondary

#717CCC

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA25

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

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