#BCA035#BCA035

#BCA035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA035
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -1.22, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 56.78, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0088 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.9542, 36.0919, 8.5455)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA035 #3551BC

analogous

#BC5D35 #BCA035 #94BC35

triadic

#BCA035 #35BCA0 #A035BC

tetradic

#BCA035 #35BC5D #3551BC #BC3594

square

#BCA035 #35BC5D #3551BC #BC3594

split-complementary

#BCA035 #3594BC #5D35BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1A #8C7728 #BCA035 #D1B95D #DFCE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BCA035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BCA035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA035

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA035	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb73',
    500: '#bca035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca035;
$custom-light: #d4bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA035

secondary

#8492C9

accent

#68DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA035

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

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