#BCA737#BCA737

#BCA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA737
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -4.84, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.04, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.019 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2490, 38.6064, 9.2088)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA737 #374CBC

analogous

#BC6437 #BCA737 #8FBC37

triadic

#BCA737 #37BCA7 #A737BC

tetradic

#BCA737 #37BC64 #374CBC #BC378F

square

#BCA737 #37BC64 #374CBC #BC378F

split-complementary

#BCA737 #378FBC #6437BC

monochromatic

#5D531B #8D7D29 #BCA737 #D0BF60 #DED28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA737

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA737	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)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c075',
    500: '#bca737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca737;
$custom-light: #d4c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA737

secondary

#8690C9

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA737

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

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