#BCA337#BCA337

#BCA337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA337
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -2.72, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 56.84, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0129 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5275, 37.1634, 8.9683)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA337 #3750BC

analogous

#BC6137 #BCA337 #92BC37

triadic

#BCA337 #37BCA3 #A337BC

tetradic

#BCA337 #37BC61 #3750BC #BC3792

square

#BCA337 #37BC61 #3750BC #BC3792

split-complementary

#BCA337 #3792BC #6137BC

monochromatic

#5D511B #8D7A29 #BCA337 #D0BB60 #DECF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA337

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA337	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd74',
    500: '#bca337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca337;
$custom-light: #d4bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA337

secondary

#8692C9

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA337

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

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