#BCBA32#BCBA32

#BCBA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.150 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA32
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -14.94, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 66.34, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0479 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.15 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8751, 46.0407, 9.8559)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA32 #3234BC

analogous

#BC7532 #BCBA32 #79BC32

triadic

#BCBA32 #32BCBA #BA32BC

tetradic

#BCBA32 #32BC75 #3234BC #BC3279

square

#BCBA32 #32BC75 #3234BC #BC3279

split-complementary

#BCBA32 #3279BC #7532BC

monochromatic

#5B5A18 #8C8A25 #BCBA32 #D3D158 #E0DE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCBA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA32

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA32	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.150 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce74',
    500: '#bcba32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba32;
$custom-light: #d4ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76705,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA32

secondary

#8081C9

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA32

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

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