#BCA539#BCA539

#BCA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA539
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -3.68, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 56.63, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0154 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.9344, 37.8988, 9.3452)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA539 #3950BC

analogous

#BC6439 #BCA539 #91BC39

triadic

#BCA539 #39BCA5 #A539BC

tetradic

#BCA539 #39BC64 #3950BC #BC3991

square

#BCA539 #39BC64 #3950BC #BC3991

split-complementary

#BCA539 #3991BC #6439BC

monochromatic

#5E531D #8D7C2B #BCA539 #D0BC63 #DED092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA539

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA539	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf76',
    500: '#bca539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca539;
$custom-light: #d4bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA539

secondary

#8893C9

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA539

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

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