#BCAA33#BCAA33

#BCAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA33
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -6.62, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 60.50, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7130, 39.6815, 8.9095)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA33 #3345BC

analogous

#BC6633 #BCAA33 #8ABC33

triadic

#BCAA33 #33BCAA #AA33BC

tetradic

#BCAA33 #33BC66 #3345BC #BC338A

square

#BCAA33 #33BC66 #3345BC #BC338A

split-complementary

#BCAA33 #338ABC #6633BC

monochromatic

#5C5319 #8C7E26 #BCAA33 #D2C25A #DFD48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA33

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA33	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c273',
    500: '#bcaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa33;
$custom-light: #d4c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA33

secondary

#818BC9

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA33

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

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