#BCA136#BCA136

#BCA136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA136
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -1.70, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 56.66, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0101 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1515, 36.4493, 8.7259)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA136 #3651BC

analogous

#BC5E36 #BCA136 #94BC36

triadic

#BCA136 #36BCA1 #A136BC

tetradic

#BCA136 #36BC5E #3651BC #BC3694

square

#BCA136 #36BC5E #3651BC #BC3694

split-complementary

#BCA136 #3694BC #5E36BC

monochromatic

#5D501B #8C7828 #BCA136 #D1BA5E #DFCE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BCA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA136

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA136	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc74',
    500: '#bca136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca136;
$custom-light: #d4bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71381,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA136

secondary

#8593C9

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA136

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

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