#BCA437#BCA437

#BCA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA437
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -3.25, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 57.13, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0144 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7058, 37.5199, 9.0277)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA437 #374FBC

analogous

#BC6137 #BCA437 #91BC37

triadic

#BCA437 #37BCA4 #A437BC

tetradic

#BCA437 #37BC61 #374FBC #BC3791

square

#BCA437 #37BC61 #374FBC #BC3791

split-complementary

#BCA437 #3791BC #6137BC

monochromatic

#5D511B #8D7B29 #BCA437 #D0BC60 #DED08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA437

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA437	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)

#B5A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be74',
    500: '#bca437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca437;
$custom-light: #d4be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA437

secondary

#8692C9

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA437

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

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