#BCA535#BCA535

#BCA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA535
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -3.88, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 58.21, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0164 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8385, 37.8605, 8.8402)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA535 #354CBC

analogous

#BC6235 #BCA535 #8FBC35

triadic

#BCA535 #35BCA5 #A535BC

tetradic

#BCA535 #35BC62 #354CBC #BC358F

square

#BCA535 #35BC62 #354CBC #BC358F

split-complementary

#BCA535 #358FBC #6235BC

monochromatic

#5D511A #8C7B28 #BCA535 #D1BD5D #DFD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA535

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA535	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf73',
    500: '#bca535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca535;
$custom-light: #d4bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA535

secondary

#848FC9

accent

#62DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA535

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

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