#BCA139#BCA139

#BCA139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA139
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -1.54, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 55.45, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0093 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.124 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2242, 36.4784, 9.1085)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA139 #3954BC

analogous

#BC6039 #BCA139 #95BC39

triadic

#BCA139 #39BCA1 #A139BC

tetradic

#BCA139 #39BC60 #3954BC #BC3995

square

#BCA139 #39BC60 #3954BC #BC3995

split-complementary

#BCA139 #3995BC #6039BC

monochromatic

#5E511D #8D792B #BCA139 #D0B963 #DECE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BCA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA139

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA139	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc75',
    500: '#bca139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca139;
$custom-light: #d4bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA139

secondary

#8895C9

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA139

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

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