#BCBA2E#BCBA2E

#BCBA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.152 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA2E
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -15.11, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 67.65, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0488 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.152 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7926, 46.0077, 9.4212)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA2E #2E30BC

analogous

#BC732E #BCBA2E #77BC2E

triadic

#BCBA2E #2EBCBA #BA2EBC

tetradic

#BCBA2E #2EBC73 #2E30BC #BC2E77

square

#BCBA2E #2EBC73 #2E30BC #BC2E77

split-complementary

#BCBA2E #2E77BC #732EBC

monochromatic

#5A5916 #8B8922 #BCBA2E #D5D352 #E1DF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCBA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA2E

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA2E	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)

#CAB20A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.152 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce72',
    500: '#bcba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba2e;
$custom-light: #d4ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA2E

secondary

#7C7DCA

accent

#46E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA2E

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

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