#BCA934#BCA934

#BCA934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA934
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -6.05, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 59.82, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0227 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5485, 39.3169, 8.9646)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA934 #3447BC

analogous

#BC6534 #BCA934 #8BBC34

triadic

#BCA934 #34BCA9 #A934BC

tetradic

#BCA934 #34BC65 #3447BC #BC348B

square

#BCA934 #34BC65 #3447BC #BC348B

split-complementary

#BCA934 #348BBC #6534BC

monochromatic

#5C5319 #8C7E27 #BCA934 #D2C15B #DFD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA934

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA934	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c273',
    500: '#bca934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca934;
$custom-light: #d4c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA934

secondary

#838CC9

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA934

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

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