#BCAA32#BCAA32

#BCAA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA32
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -6.67, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 60.87, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0247 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6912, 39.6728, 8.7946)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA32 #3244BC

analogous

#BC6532 #BCAA32 #89BC32

triadic

#BCAA32 #32BCAA #AA32BC

tetradic

#BCAA32 #32BC65 #3244BC #BC3289

square

#BCAA32 #32BC65 #3244BC #BC3289

split-complementary

#BCAA32 #3289BC #6532BC

monochromatic

#5B5318 #8C7E25 #BCAA32 #D3C358 #E0D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA32

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA32	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c272',
    500: '#bcaa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa32;
$custom-light: #d4c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA32

secondary

#808AC9

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA32

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

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