#BCA238#BCA238

#BCA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA238
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -2.13, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 56.15, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0111 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3749, 36.8194, 9.0369)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA238 #3852BC

analogous

#BC6038 #BCA238 #94BC38

triadic

#BCA238 #38BCA2 #A238BC

tetradic

#BCA238 #38BC60 #3852BC #BC3894

square

#BCA238 #38BC60 #3852BC #BC3894

split-complementary

#BCA238 #3894BC #6038BC

monochromatic

#5E511C #8D792A #BCA238 #D0BA61 #DECF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA238

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA238	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd75',
    500: '#bca238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca238;
$custom-light: #d4bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA238

secondary

#8794C9

accent

#67DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA238

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

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