#BCA339#BCA339

#BCA339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA339
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -2.61, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 56.03, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0124 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5765, 37.1830, 9.2259)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA339 #3952BC

analogous

#BC6239 #BCA339 #93BC39

triadic

#BCA339 #39BCA3 #A339BC

tetradic

#BCA339 #39BC62 #3952BC #BC3993

square

#BCA339 #39BC62 #3952BC #BC3993

split-complementary

#BCA339 #3993BC #6239BC

monochromatic

#5E521D #8D7A2B #BCA339 #D0BB63 #DECF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BCA339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA339

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA339	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd75',
    500: '#bca339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca339;
$custom-light: #d4bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA339

secondary

#8894C9

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA339

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

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