#BCA538#BCA538

#BCA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA538
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -3.73, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 57.03, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0157 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.9097, 37.8889, 9.2151)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA538 #384FBC

analogous

#BC6338 #BCA538 #91BC38

triadic

#BCA538 #38BCA5 #A538BC

tetradic

#BCA538 #38BC63 #384FBC #BC3891

square

#BCA538 #38BC63 #384FBC #BC3891

split-complementary

#BCA538 #3891BC #6338BC

monochromatic

#5E521C #8D7C2A #BCA538 #D0BD61 #DED190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA538

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA538	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf75',
    500: '#bca538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca538;
$custom-light: #d4bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.37887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA538

secondary

#8792C9

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA538

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

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