#BCA138#BCA138

#BCA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA138
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -1.60, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 55.86, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0096 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.125 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1995, 36.4685, 8.9784)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA138 #3853BC

analogous

#BC5F38 #BCA138 #95BC38

triadic

#BCA138 #38BCA1 #A138BC

tetradic

#BCA138 #38BC5F #3853BC #BC3895

square

#BCA138 #38BC5F #3853BC #BC3895

split-complementary

#BCA138 #3895BC #5F38BC

monochromatic

#5E501C #8D792A #BCA138 #D0B961 #DECE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BCA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA138

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA138	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc75',
    500: '#bca138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca138;
$custom-light: #d4bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71397,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA138

secondary

#8794C9

accent

#68DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA138

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

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