#BCA239#BCA239

#BCA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA239
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -2.08, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 55.74, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0108 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(34.3996, 36.8293, 9.1670)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA239 #3953BC

analogous

#BC6139 #BCA239 #94BC39

triadic

#BCA239 #39BCA2 #A239BC

tetradic

#BCA239 #39BC61 #3953BC #BC3994

square

#BCA239 #39BC61 #3953BC #BC3994

split-complementary

#BCA239 #3994BC #6139BC

monochromatic

#5E511D #8D7A2B #BCA239 #D0BA63 #DECF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA239

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA239	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd75',
    500: '#bca239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca239;
$custom-light: #d4bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71615,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA239

secondary

#8895C9

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA239

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

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