#BCBA23#BCBA23

#BCBA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.158 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA23
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -15.50, 69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 70.81, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0507 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.158 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6029, 45.9318, 8.4221)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA23 #2325BC

analogous

#BC6D23 #BCBA23 #71BC23

triadic

#BCBA23 #23BCBA #BA23BC

tetradic

#BCBA23 #23BC6D #2325BC #BC2371

square

#BCBA23 #23BC6D #2325BC #BC2371

split-complementary

#BCBA23 #2371BC #6D23BC

monochromatic

#555410 #888719 #BCBA23 #DCDA41 #E5E474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCBA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA23

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA23	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.158 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce6e',
    500: '#bcba23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba23;
$custom-light: #d4ce6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA23

secondary

#6F70CC

accent

#3FEB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA23

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

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