#BCA834#BCA834

#BCA834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA834
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -5.52, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 59.51, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0212 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3632, 38.9463, 8.9028)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA834 #3448BC

analogous

#BC6434 #BCA834 #8CBC34

triadic

#BCA834 #34BCA8 #A834BC

tetradic

#BCA834 #34BC64 #3448BC #BC348C

square

#BCA834 #34BC64 #3448BC #BC348C

split-complementary

#BCA834 #348CBC #6434BC

monochromatic

#5C5219 #8C7D27 #BCA834 #D2C05B #DFD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA834

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA834	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c173',
    500: '#bca834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca834;
$custom-light: #d4c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA834

secondary

#838DC9

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA834

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

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