#BCAA34#BCAA34

#BCAA34 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	#BCAA34
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -6.58, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 60.13, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7353, 39.6904, 9.0269)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA34 #3446BC

analogous

#BC6634 #BCAA34 #8ABC34

triadic

#BCAA34 #34BCAA #AA34BC

tetradic

#BCAA34 #34BC66 #3446BC #BC348A

square

#BCAA34 #34BC66 #3446BC #BC348A

split-complementary

#BCAA34 #348ABC #6634BC

monochromatic

#5C5319 #8C7F27 #BCAA34 #D2C25B #DFD48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA34

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA34	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)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c273',
    500: '#bcaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa34;
$custom-light: #d4c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73267,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA34

secondary

#838CC9

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA34

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

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