#BCA237#BCA237

#BCA237 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	#BCA237
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -2.18, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 56.55, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0114 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3507, 36.8097, 8.9093)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA237 #3751BC

analogous

#BC6037 #BCA237 #93BC37

triadic

#BCA237 #37BCA2 #A237BC

tetradic

#BCA237 #37BC60 #3751BC #BC3793

square

#BCA237 #37BC60 #3751BC #BC3793

split-complementary

#BCA237 #3793BC #6037BC

monochromatic

#5D501B #8D7929 #BCA237 #D0BA60 #DECF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA237

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA237	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd74',
    500: '#bca237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca237;
$custom-light: #d4bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71598,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA237

secondary

#8693C9

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA237

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

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