#BCA739#BCA739

#BCA739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA739
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -4.74, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 57.25, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0184 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2979, 38.6259, 9.4664)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA739 #394EBC

analogous

#BC6639 #BCA739 #8FBC39

triadic

#BCA739 #39BCA7 #A739BC

tetradic

#BCA739 #39BC66 #394EBC #BC398F

square

#BCA739 #39BC66 #394EBC #BC398F

split-complementary

#BCA739 #398FBC #6639BC

monochromatic

#5E541D #8D7D2B #BCA739 #D0BE63 #DED292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA739

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA739	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bca739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca739;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA739

secondary

#8892C9

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA739

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

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