#BCA537#BCA537

#BCA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA537
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -3.78, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 57.43, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0159 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8855, 37.8792, 9.0876)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA537 #374EBC

analogous

#BC6237 #BCA537 #91BC37

triadic

#BCA537 #37BCA5 #A537BC

tetradic

#BCA537 #37BC62 #374EBC #BC3791

square

#BCA537 #37BC62 #374EBC #BC3791

split-complementary

#BCA537 #3791BC #6237BC

monochromatic

#5D521B #8D7B29 #BCA537 #D0BD60 #DED18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA537

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA537	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf74',
    500: '#bca537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca537;
$custom-light: #d4bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA537

secondary

#8691C9

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA537

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

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