#BCAA35#BCAA35

#BCAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA35
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -6.53, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 59.76, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0239 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7580, 39.6995, 9.1467)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA35 #3547BC

analogous

#BC6735 #BCAA35 #8BBC35

triadic

#BCAA35 #35BCAA #AA35BC

tetradic

#BCAA35 #35BC67 #3547BC #BC358B

square

#BCAA35 #35BC67 #3547BC #BC358B

split-complementary

#BCAA35 #358BBC #6735BC

monochromatic

#5D541A #8C7F28 #BCAA35 #D1C25D #DFD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA35

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA35	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c274',
    500: '#bcaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa35;
$custom-light: #d4c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA35

secondary

#848DC9

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA35

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

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