#BCBA38#BCBA38

#BCBA38 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	#BCBA38
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -14.65, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 64.23, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0466 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0132, 46.0959, 10.5829)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA38 #383ABC

analogous

#BC7838 #BCBA38 #7CBC38

triadic

#BCBA38 #38BCBA #BA38BC

tetradic

#BCBA38 #38BC78 #383ABC #BC387C

square

#BCBA38 #38BC78 #383ABC #BC387C

split-complementary

#BCBA38 #387CBC #7838BC

monochromatic

#5E5D1C #8D8B2A #BCBA38 #D0CE61 #DEDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA38

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA38	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce77',
    500: '#bcba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba38;
$custom-light: #d4ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA38

secondary

#8788C9

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA38

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

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