#BCA635#BCA635

#BCA635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA635
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -4.41, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 58.51, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0179 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0196, 38.2226, 8.9006)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA635 #354BBC

analogous

#BC6235 #BCA635 #8FBC35

triadic

#BCA635 #35BCA6 #A635BC

tetradic

#BCA635 #35BC62 #354BBC #BC358F

square

#BCA635 #35BC62 #354BBC #BC358F

split-complementary

#BCA635 #358FBC #6235BC

monochromatic

#5D521A #8C7C28 #BCA635 #D1BE5D #DFD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BCA635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA635

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA635	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c073',
    500: '#bca635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca635;
$custom-light: #d4c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA635

secondary

#848FC9

accent

#61DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA635

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

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