#BCBA39#BCBA39

#BCBA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA39
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -14.60, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 63.87, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0463 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0379, 46.1058, 10.7130)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA39 #393BBC

analogous

#BC7839 #BCBA39 #7CBC39

triadic

#BCBA39 #39BCBA #BA39BC

tetradic

#BCBA39 #39BC78 #393BBC #BC397C

square

#BCBA39 #39BC78 #393BBC #BC397C

split-complementary

#BCBA39 #397CBC #7839BC

monochromatic

#5E5D1D #8D8C2B #BCBA39 #D0CE63 #DEDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCBA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA39

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA39	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)

#C9B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce78',
    500: '#bcba39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba39;
$custom-light: #d4ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA39

secondary

#8889C9

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA39

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

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