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#bca921

a dark, vivid yellow · cool · closest name: olive

RGB
188, 169, 33
HSL
53°, 70%, 43%
CMYK
0, 10, 82, 26
Luminance
0.3918

Every format

HEX#bca921
RGBrgb(188, 169, 33)
HSLhsl(53, 70%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 82%, 26%)
LABlab(68.9 -6.8 65.7)
LCHlch(68.9 66.0 95.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.729 0.144 100.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bca921;
background-color: #bca921;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bca921] bg-[#bca921]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bca921;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.663, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bca921")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bca921 on white: 2.38:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bca921 on black: 8.84:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green66.3%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.1%
Yellow82.4%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#bca921 text on a black background

contrast 8.84:1

Card sample

#bca921 text on a white background

contrast 2.38:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bca921;
Background color
Panel with #bca921 background
background-color: #bca921;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bca921;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 169, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 169, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bca921;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca921, #68BC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bca921

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bca921 in the Color Lab