#BCA935#BCA935

#BCA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCA935
RGBrgb(188, 169, 53)
HSLhsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.99, -6.00, 59.14)
CIE-LCHlch(68.99, 59.44, 95.79°)
OKLaboklab(73.06% -0.0225 0.1312)
OKLCHoklch(73.06% 0.133 99.7)
XYZxyz(35.5713, 39.3260, 9.0845)
Luminance0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCA935 #3548BC
analogous
#BC6635 #BCA935 #8BBC35
triadic
#BCA935 #35BCA9 #A935BC
tetradic
#BCA935 #35BC66 #3548BC #BC358B
square
#BCA935 #35BC66 #3548BC #BC358B
split-complementary
#BCA935 #358BBC #6635BC
monochromatic
#5D531A #8C7E28 #BCA935 #D1C15D #DFD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#BCA935 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86
#BCA935 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA935
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCA935#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCA9351.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A423
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAB3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB9D92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bca935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c274',
    500: '#bca935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bca935;
$custom-light: #d4c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bca935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCA935
secondary
#848DC9
accent
#5EDF48
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF7ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA935

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#BCA935 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva