#BCA837#BCA837

#BCA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA837
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -5.37, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 58.35, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0205 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.4329, 38.9742, 9.2701)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA837 #374BBC

analogous

#BC6537 #BCA837 #8EBC37

triadic

#BCA837 #37BCA8 #A837BC

tetradic

#BCA837 #37BC65 #374BBC #BC378E

square

#BCA837 #37BC65 #374BBC #BC378E

split-complementary

#BCA837 #378EBC #6537BC

monochromatic

#5D531B #8D7E29 #BCA837 #D0BF60 #DED28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA837

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA837	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c175',
    500: '#bca837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca837;
$custom-light: #d4c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA837

secondary

#8690C9

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA837

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

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