#BCA036#BCA036

#BCA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA036
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -1.16, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 56.38, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0086 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9775, 36.1012, 8.6679)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA036 #3652BC

analogous

#BC5D36 #BCA036 #95BC36

triadic

#BCA036 #36BCA0 #A036BC

tetradic

#BCA036 #36BC5D #3652BC #BC3695

square

#BCA036 #36BC5D #3652BC #BC3695

split-complementary

#BCA036 #3695BC #5D36BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1B #8C7828 #BCA036 #D1B95E #DFCE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BCA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA036

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA036	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb73',
    500: '#bca036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca036;
$custom-light: #d4bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA036

secondary

#8593C9

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA036

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

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