#BCA037#BCA037

#BCA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA037
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -1.11, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 55.98, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0083 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0012, 36.1107, 8.7928)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA037 #3753BC

analogous

#BC5D37 #BCA037 #96BC37

triadic

#BCA037 #37BCA0 #A037BC

tetradic

#BCA037 #37BC5D #3753BC #BC3796

square

#BCA037 #37BC5D #3753BC #BC3796

split-complementary

#BCA037 #3796BC #5D37BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1B #8D7829 #BCA037 #D0B960 #DECE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BCA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA037

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA037	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb74',
    500: '#bca037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca037;
$custom-light: #d4bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA037

secondary

#8694C9

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA037

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

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