#BCAA38#BCAA38

#BCAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA38
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -6.38, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 58.60, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0232 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8292, 39.7280, 9.5216)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA38 #384ABC

analogous

#BC6838 #BCAA38 #8CBC38

triadic

#BCAA38 #38BCAA #AA38BC

tetradic

#BCAA38 #38BC68 #384ABC #BC388C

square

#BCAA38 #38BC68 #384ABC #BC388C

split-complementary

#BCAA38 #388CBC #6838BC

monochromatic

#5E551C #8D7F2A #BCAA38 #D0C161 #DED390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA38

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA38	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c276',
    500: '#bcaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa38;
$custom-light: #d4c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73297,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA38

secondary

#8790C9

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA38

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

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