#BCA038#BCA038

#BCA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA038
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -1.06, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 55.58, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.008 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.124 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0254, 36.1204, 8.9204)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA038 #3854BC

analogous

#BC5E38 #BCA038 #96BC38

triadic

#BCA038 #38BCA0 #A038BC

tetradic

#BCA038 #38BC5E #3854BC #BC3896

square

#BCA038 #38BC5E #3854BC #BC3896

split-complementary

#BCA038 #3896BC #5E38BC

monochromatic

#5E501C #8D782A #BCA038 #D0B861 #DECE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BCA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA038

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA038	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)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb75',
    500: '#bca038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca038;
$custom-light: #d4bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA038

secondary

#8795C9

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA038

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

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