#BCA638#BCA638

#BCA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA638
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -4.26, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 57.34, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0172 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0907, 38.2511, 9.2755)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA638 #384EBC

analogous

#BC6438 #BCA638 #90BC38

triadic

#BCA638 #38BCA6 #A638BC

tetradic

#BCA638 #38BC64 #384EBC #BC3890

square

#BCA638 #38BC64 #384EBC #BC3890

split-complementary

#BCA638 #3890BC #6438BC

monochromatic

#5E531C #8D7C2A #BCA638 #D0BE61 #DED190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA638

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA638	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c075',
    500: '#bca638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca638;
$custom-light: #d4c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA638

secondary

#8792C9

accent

#63DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA638

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

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