#BCA839#BCA839

#BCA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA839
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -5.27, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 57.56, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0199 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.13 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4818, 38.9937, 9.5277)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA839 #394DBC

analogous

#BC6739 #BCA839 #8EBC39

triadic

#BCA839 #39BCA8 #A839BC

tetradic

#BCA839 #39BC67 #394DBC #BC398E

square

#BCA839 #39BC67 #394DBC #BC398E

split-complementary

#BCA839 #398EBC #6739BC

monochromatic

#5E541D #8D7E2B #BCA839 #D0BF63 #DED292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA839

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA839	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)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c176',
    500: '#bca839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca839;
$custom-light: #d4c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA839

secondary

#8892C9

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA839

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

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