#BCA636#BCA636

#BCA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA636
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -4.36, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 58.13, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0177 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0428, 38.2319, 9.0230)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA636 #364CBC

analogous

#BC6336 #BCA636 #8FBC36

triadic

#BCA636 #36BCA6 #A636BC

tetradic

#BCA636 #36BC63 #364CBC #BC368F

square

#BCA636 #36BC63 #364CBC #BC368F

split-complementary

#BCA636 #368FBC #6336BC

monochromatic

#5D521B #8C7C28 #BCA636 #D1BE5E #DFD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA636

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA636	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c074',
    500: '#bca636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca636;
$custom-light: #d4c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72433,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA636

secondary

#8590C9

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA636

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

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