#BCBA30#BCBA30

#BCBA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.151 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA30
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -15.02, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 67.00, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0483 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.151 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8329, 46.0238, 9.6336)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA30 #3032BC

analogous

#BC7430 #BCBA30 #78BC30

triadic

#BCBA30 #30BCBA #BA30BC

tetradic

#BCBA30 #30BC74 #3032BC #BC3078

square

#BCBA30 #30BC74 #3032BC #BC3078

split-complementary

#BCBA30 #3078BC #7430BC

monochromatic

#5A5A17 #8B8A24 #BCBA30 #D4D255 #E0DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCBA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA30

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA30	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)

#CAB211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.151 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce73',
    500: '#bcba30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba30;
$custom-light: #d4ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA30

secondary

#7E7FCA

accent

#48E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA30

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

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