#BCBA37#BCBA37

#BCBA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.147 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA37
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.70, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 64.60, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0468 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9890, 46.0862, 10.4554)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA37 #3739BC

analogous

#BC7837 #BCBA37 #7BBC37

triadic

#BCBA37 #37BCBA #BA37BC

tetradic

#BCBA37 #37BC78 #3739BC #BC377B

square

#BCBA37 #37BC78 #3739BC #BC377B

split-complementary

#BCBA37 #377BBC #7837BC

monochromatic

#5D5C1B #8D8B29 #BCBA37 #D0CF60 #DEDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA37

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA37	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)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce77',
    500: '#bcba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba37;
$custom-light: #d4ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76738,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA37

secondary

#8687C9

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA37

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

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