#BCA938#BCA938

#BCA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA938
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -5.85, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 58.28, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0217 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6425, 39.3545, 9.4594)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA938 #384BBC

analogous

#BC6738 #BCA938 #8DBC38

triadic

#BCA938 #38BCA9 #A938BC

tetradic

#BCA938 #38BC67 #384BBC #BC388D

square

#BCA938 #38BC67 #384BBC #BC388D

split-complementary

#BCA938 #388DBC #6738BC

monochromatic

#5E541C #8D7F2A #BCA938 #D0C061 #DED390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA938

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA938	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c275',
    500: '#bca938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca938;
$custom-light: #d4c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA938

secondary

#8790C9

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA938

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

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