#BCA738#BCA738

#BCA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA738
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -4.79, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 57.65, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0187 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2732, 38.6160, 9.3363)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA738 #384DBC

analogous

#BC6538 #BCA738 #8FBC38

triadic

#BCA738 #38BCA7 #A738BC

tetradic

#BCA738 #38BC65 #384DBC #BC388F

square

#BCA738 #38BC65 #384DBC #BC388F

split-complementary

#BCA738 #388FBC #6538BC

monochromatic

#5E531C #8D7D2A #BCA738 #D0BE61 #DED290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA738

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA738	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)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c075',
    500: '#bca738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca738;
$custom-light: #d4c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA738

secondary

#8791C9

accent

#62DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA738

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

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