#BCAA37#BCAA37

#BCAA37 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	#BCAA37
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -6.43, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 58.99, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0234 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8050, 39.7183, 9.3941)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA37 #3749BC

analogous

#BC6837 #BCAA37 #8BBC37

triadic

#BCAA37 #37BCAA #AA37BC

tetradic

#BCAA37 #37BC68 #3749BC #BC378B

square

#BCAA37 #37BC68 #3749BC #BC378B

split-complementary

#BCAA37 #378BBC #6837BC

monochromatic

#5D541B #8D7F29 #BCAA37 #D0C160 #DED48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA37

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA37	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c275',
    500: '#bcaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa37;
$custom-light: #d4c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA37

secondary

#868FC9

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA37

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

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