#BCA137#BCA137

#BCA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA137
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -1.65, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 56.26, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0098 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1752, 36.4588, 8.8509)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA137 #3752BC

analogous

#BC5F37 #BCA137 #94BC37

triadic

#BCA137 #37BCA1 #A137BC

tetradic

#BCA137 #37BC5F #3752BC #BC3794

square

#BCA137 #37BC5F #3752BC #BC3794

split-complementary

#BCA137 #3794BC #5F37BC

monochromatic

#5D501B #8D7829 #BCA137 #D0BA60 #DECE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BCA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA137

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA137	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc74',
    500: '#bca137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca137;
$custom-light: #d4bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA137

secondary

#8693C9

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA137

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

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