#BCA438#BCA438

#BCA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA438
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -3.20, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 56.73, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0142 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7300, 37.5296, 9.1552)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA438 #3850BC

analogous

#BC6238 #BCA438 #92BC38

triadic

#BCA438 #38BCA4 #A438BC

tetradic

#BCA438 #38BC62 #3850BC #BC3892

square

#BCA438 #38BC62 #3850BC #BC3892

split-complementary

#BCA438 #3892BC #6238BC

monochromatic

#5E521C #8D7B2A #BCA438 #D0BC61 #DED090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA438

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA438	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be75',
    500: '#bca438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca438;
$custom-light: #d4be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA438

secondary

#8793C9

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA438

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

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