#BCA534#BCA534

#BCA534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA534
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -3.93, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 58.60, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0167 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.131 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8157, 37.8513, 8.7203)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA534 #344BBC

analogous

#BC6134 #BCA534 #8FBC34

triadic

#BCA534 #34BCA5 #A534BC

tetradic

#BCA534 #34BC61 #344BBC #BC348F

square

#BCA534 #34BC61 #344BBC #BC348F

split-complementary

#BCA534 #348FBC #6134BC

monochromatic

#5C5119 #8C7B27 #BCA534 #D2BE5B #DFD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA534

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA534	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf73',
    500: '#bca534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca534;
$custom-light: #d4bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA534

secondary

#838FC9

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA534

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

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