#BCA835#BCA835

#BCA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA835
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -5.47, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 59.13, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.021 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3860, 38.9554, 9.0227)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA835 #3549BC

analogous

#BC6435 #BCA835 #8DBC35

triadic

#BCA835 #35BCA8 #A835BC

tetradic

#BCA835 #35BC64 #3549BC #BC358D

square

#BCA835 #35BC64 #3549BC #BC358D

split-complementary

#BCA835 #358DBC #6435BC

monochromatic

#5D531A #8C7D28 #BCA835 #D1C05D #DFD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA835

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA835	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)

#B8A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c174',
    500: '#bca835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca835;
$custom-light: #d4c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA835

secondary

#848EC9

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA835

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

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