#BCA937#BCA937

#BCA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA937
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -5.90, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 58.67, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.022 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6182, 39.3448, 9.3319)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA937 #374ABC

analogous

#BC6737 #BCA937 #8CBC37

triadic

#BCA937 #37BCA9 #A937BC

tetradic

#BCA937 #37BC67 #374ABC #BC378C

square

#BCA937 #37BC67 #374ABC #BC378C

split-complementary

#BCA937 #378CBC #6737BC

monochromatic

#5D541B #8D7E29 #BCA937 #D0C060 #DED38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA937

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA937	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c275',
    500: '#bca937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca937;
$custom-light: #d4c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA937

secondary

#868FC9

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA937

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

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