#BCA836#BCA836

#BCA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA836
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -5.42, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 58.74, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0207 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.132 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.4092, 38.9647, 9.1451)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA836 #364ABC

analogous

#BC6536 #BCA836 #8DBC36

triadic

#BCA836 #36BCA8 #A836BC

tetradic

#BCA836 #36BC65 #364ABC #BC368D

square

#BCA836 #36BC65 #364ABC #BC368D

split-complementary

#BCA836 #368DBC #6536BC

monochromatic

#5D531B #8C7E28 #BCA836 #D1C05E #DFD28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA836

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA836	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)

#B8A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c174',
    500: '#bca836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca836;
$custom-light: #d4c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA836

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA836

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

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