#BCA536#BCA536

#BCA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA536
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -3.83, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 57.82, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0162 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8617, 37.8698, 8.9626)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA536 #364DBC

analogous

#BC6236 #BCA536 #90BC36

triadic

#BCA536 #36BCA5 #A536BC

tetradic

#BCA536 #36BC62 #364DBC #BC3690

square

#BCA536 #36BC62 #364DBC #BC3690

split-complementary

#BCA536 #3690BC #6236BC

monochromatic

#5D521B #8C7B28 #BCA536 #D1BD5E #DFD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA536

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA536	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)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf74',
    500: '#bca536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca536;
$custom-light: #d4bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA536

secondary

#8590C9

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA536

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

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