#BCA735#BCA735

#BCA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA735
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -4.94, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 58.82, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0195 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2020, 38.5876, 8.9614)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA735 #354ABC

analogous

#BC6435 #BCA735 #8DBC35

triadic

#BCA735 #35BCA7 #A735BC

tetradic

#BCA735 #35BC64 #354ABC #BC358D

square

#BCA735 #35BC64 #354ABC #BC358D

split-complementary

#BCA735 #358DBC #6435BC

monochromatic

#5D521A #8C7D28 #BCA735 #D1BF5D #DFD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA735

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA735	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c074',
    500: '#bca735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca735;
$custom-light: #d4c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72637,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA735

secondary

#848EC9

accent

#60DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA735

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

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