#BCA235#BCA235

#BCA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA235
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -2.29, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 57.34, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0119 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3037, 36.7909, 8.6620)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA235 #354FBC

analogous

#BC5E35 #BCA235 #93BC35

triadic

#BCA235 #35BCA2 #A235BC

tetradic

#BCA235 #35BC5E #354FBC #BC3593

square

#BCA235 #35BC5E #354FBC #BC3593

split-complementary

#BCA235 #3593BC #5E35BC

monochromatic

#5D501A #8C7928 #BCA235 #D1BB5D #DFCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA235

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA235	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd73',
    500: '#bca235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca235;
$custom-light: #d4bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA235

secondary

#8491C9

accent

#66DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA235

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

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