#BCBA36#BCBA36

#BCBA36 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 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA36
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.75, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 64.95, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.047 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9652, 46.0767, 10.3305)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA36 #3638BC

analogous

#BC7736 #BCBA36 #7BBC36

triadic

#BCBA36 #36BCBA #BA36BC

tetradic

#BCBA36 #36BC77 #3638BC #BC367B

square

#BCBA36 #36BC77 #3638BC #BC367B

split-complementary

#BCBA36 #367BBC #7736BC

monochromatic

#5D5C1B #8C8B28 #BCBA36 #D1CF5E #DFDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA36

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA36	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce76',
    500: '#bcba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba36;
$custom-light: #d4ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76731,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA36

secondary

#8586C9

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA36

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

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