#BCA736#BCA736

#BCA736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA736
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -4.89, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 58.43, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0192 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2253, 38.5969, 9.0838)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA736 #364BBC

analogous

#BC6436 #BCA736 #8EBC36

triadic

#BCA736 #36BCA7 #A736BC

tetradic

#BCA736 #36BC64 #364BBC #BC368E

square

#BCA736 #36BC64 #364BBC #BC368E

split-complementary

#BCA736 #368EBC #6436BC

monochromatic

#5D531B #8C7D28 #BCA736 #D1BF5E #DFD28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA736

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA736	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)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c074',
    500: '#bca736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca736;
$custom-light: #d4c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA736

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA736

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

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