#BCBA2B#BCBA2B

#BCBA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.154 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA2B
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -15.23, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 68.58, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0493 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.154 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7355, 45.9849, 9.1206)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA2B #2B2DBC

analogous

#BC712B #BCBA2B #76BC2B

triadic

#BCBA2B #2BBCBA #BA2BBC

tetradic

#BCBA2B #2BBC71 #2B2DBC #BC2B76

square

#BCBA2B #2BBC71 #2B2DBC #BC2B76

split-complementary

#BCBA2B #2B76BC #712BBC

monochromatic

#585714 #8A8920 #BCBA2B #D6D54E #E2E080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCBA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA2B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA2B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.154 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce71',
    500: '#bcba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba2b;
$custom-light: #d4ce71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76664,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA2B

secondary

#7879CB

accent

#44E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA2B

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

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