#BCA435#BCA435

#BCA435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA435
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -3.35, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 57.92, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0149 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6588, 37.5011, 8.7803)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA435 #354DBC

analogous

#BC6035 #BCA435 #91BC35

triadic

#BCA435 #35BCA4 #A435BC

tetradic

#BCA435 #35BC60 #354DBC #BC3591

square

#BCA435 #35BC60 #354DBC #BC3591

split-complementary

#BCA435 #3591BC #6035BC

monochromatic

#5D511A #8C7A28 #BCA435 #D1BD5D #DFD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA435

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA435	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be73',
    500: '#bca435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca435;
$custom-light: #d4be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA435

secondary

#8490C9

accent

#63DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA435

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

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