#BCA039#BCA039

#BCA039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA039
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -1.01, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 55.17, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0078 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0501, 36.1303, 9.0505)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA039 #3955BC

analogous

#BC5F39 #BCA039 #96BC39

triadic

#BCA039 #39BCA0 #A039BC

tetradic

#BCA039 #39BC5F #3955BC #BC3996

square

#BCA039 #39BC5F #3955BC #BC3996

split-complementary

#BCA039 #3996BC #5F39BC

monochromatic

#5E501D #8D782B #BCA039 #D0B863 #DECE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BCA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BCA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA039

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA039	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb75',
    500: '#bca039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca039;
$custom-light: #d4bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71196,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA039

secondary

#8896C9

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA039

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

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