#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
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -6.00, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 59.44, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0225 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5713, 39.3260, 9.0845)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCA935	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)

#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

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

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