#BCA236#BCA236

#BCA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA236
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -2.24, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 56.95, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0116 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3270, 36.8002, 8.7844)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA236 #3650BC

analogous

#BC5F36 #BCA236 #93BC36

triadic

#BCA236 #36BCA2 #A236BC

tetradic

#BCA236 #36BC5F #3650BC #BC3693

square

#BCA236 #36BC5F #3650BC #BC3693

split-complementary

#BCA236 #3693BC #5F36BC

monochromatic

#5D501B #8C7928 #BCA236 #D1BB5E #DFCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA236

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA236	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd74',
    500: '#bca236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca236;
$custom-light: #d4bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7159,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA236

secondary

#8592C9

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA236

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

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