#BCA336#BCA336

#BCA336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA336
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -2.77, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 57.23, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0132 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5038, 37.1539, 8.8433)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA336 #364FBC

analogous

#BC6036 #BCA336 #92BC36

triadic

#BCA336 #36BCA3 #A336BC

tetradic

#BCA336 #36BC60 #364FBC #BC3692

square

#BCA336 #36BC60 #364FBC #BC3692

split-complementary

#BCA336 #3692BC #6036BC

monochromatic

#5D511B #8C7A28 #BCA336 #D1BB5E #DFCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA336

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA336	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd74',
    500: '#bca336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca336;
$custom-light: #d4bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.718,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA336

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA336

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

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