#BCA135#BCA135

#BCA135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA135
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -1.75, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 57.06, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0104 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.127 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1283, 36.4400, 8.6035)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA135 #3550BC

analogous

#BC5D35 #BCA135 #94BC35

triadic

#BCA135 #35BCA1 #A135BC

tetradic

#BCA135 #35BC5D #3550BC #BC3594

square

#BCA135 #35BC5D #3550BC #BC3594

split-complementary

#BCA135 #3594BC #5D35BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1A #8C7828 #BCA135 #D1BA5D #DFCE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BCA135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA135

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA135	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc73',
    500: '#bca135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca135;
$custom-light: #d4bc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA135

secondary

#8492C9

accent

#67DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA135

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

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