#BCBA35#BCBA35

#BCBA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA35
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -14.80, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 65.31, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0473 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9420, 46.0674, 10.2081)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA35 #3537BC

analogous

#BC7635 #BCBA35 #7BBC35

triadic

#BCBA35 #35BCBA #BA35BC

tetradic

#BCBA35 #35BC76 #3537BC #BC357B

square

#BCBA35 #35BC76 #3537BC #BC357B

split-complementary

#BCBA35 #357BBC #7635BC

monochromatic

#5D5C1A #8C8B28 #BCBA35 #D1D05D #DFDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCBA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA35

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA35	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)

#C9B21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce76',
    500: '#bcba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba35;
$custom-light: #d4ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76724,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA35

secondary

#8485C9

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA35

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

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