#BCBA3A#BCBA3A

#BCBA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA3A
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -14.55, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 63.50, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0461 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0631, 46.1159, 10.8457)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA3A #3A3CBC

analogous

#BC793A #BCBA3A #7DBC3A

triadic

#BCBA3A #3ABCBA #BA3ABC

tetradic

#BCBA3A #3ABC79 #3A3CBC #BC3A7D

square

#BCBA3A #3ABC79 #3A3CBC #BC3A7D

split-complementary

#BCBA3A #3A7DBC #793ABC

monochromatic

#5E5D1D #8D8C2C #BCBA3A #CFCE64 #DEDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCBA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA3A

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA3A	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)

#C9B225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce78',
    500: '#bcba3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba3a;
$custom-light: #d4ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA3A

secondary

#898AC9

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA3A

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

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