#BCA439#BCA439

#BCA439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA439
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -3.15, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 56.33, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0139 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7547, 37.5395, 9.2853)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA439 #3951BC

analogous

#BC6339 #BCA439 #92BC39

triadic

#BCA439 #39BCA4 #A439BC

tetradic

#BCA439 #39BC63 #3951BC #BC3992

square

#BCA439 #39BC63 #3951BC #BC3992

split-complementary

#BCA439 #3992BC #6339BC

monochromatic

#5E521D #8D7B2B #BCA439 #D0BC63 #DED092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA439

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA439	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be76',
    500: '#bca439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca439;
$custom-light: #d4be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA439

secondary

#8894C9

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA439

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

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