#BCA838#BCA838

#BCA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA838
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -5.32, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 57.96, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0202 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4571, 38.9838, 9.3976)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA838 #384CBC

analogous

#BC6638 #BCA838 #8EBC38

triadic

#BCA838 #38BCA8 #A838BC

tetradic

#BCA838 #38BC66 #384CBC #BC388E

square

#BCA838 #38BC66 #384CBC #BC388E

split-complementary

#BCA838 #388EBC #6638BC

monochromatic

#5E541C #8D7E2A #BCA838 #D0BF61 #DED290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA838

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA838	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c175',
    500: '#bca838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca838;
$custom-light: #d4c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA838

secondary

#8791C9

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA838

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

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