#BCA436#BCA436

#BCA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA436
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -3.30, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 57.53, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0147 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.129 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6821, 37.5104, 8.9028)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA436 #364EBC

analogous

#BC6136 #BCA436 #91BC36

triadic

#BCA436 #36BCA4 #A436BC

tetradic

#BCA436 #36BC61 #364EBC #BC3691

square

#BCA436 #36BC61 #364EBC #BC3691

split-complementary

#BCA436 #3691BC #6136BC

monochromatic

#5D511B #8C7B28 #BCA436 #D1BC5E #DFD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA436

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA436	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)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be74',
    500: '#bca436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca436;
$custom-light: #d4be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA436

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA436

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

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