#BCAA36#BCAA36

#BCAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA36
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -6.48, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 59.38, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0237 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7813, 39.7088, 9.2691)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA36 #3648BC

analogous

#BC6736 #BCAA36 #8BBC36

triadic

#BCAA36 #36BCAA #AA36BC

tetradic

#BCAA36 #36BC67 #3648BC #BC368B

square

#BCAA36 #36BC67 #3648BC #BC368B

split-complementary

#BCAA36 #368BBC #6736BC

monochromatic

#5D541B #8C7F28 #BCAA36 #D1C15E #DFD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA36

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c274',
    500: '#bcaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa36;
$custom-light: #d4c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA36

secondary

#858EC9

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA36

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

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