#BCA338#BCA338

#BCA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA338
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -2.67, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 56.44, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0126 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.127 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5518, 37.1731, 9.0958)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA338 #3851BC

analogous

#BC6138 #BCA338 #93BC38

triadic

#BCA338 #38BCA3 #A338BC

tetradic

#BCA338 #38BC61 #3851BC #BC3893

square

#BCA338 #38BC61 #3851BC #BC3893

split-complementary

#BCA338 #3893BC #6138BC

monochromatic

#5E511C #8D7A2A #BCA338 #D0BB61 #DECF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA338

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA338	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd75',
    500: '#bca338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca338;
$custom-light: #d4bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA338

secondary

#8793C9

accent

#66DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA338

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

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