#BCBA3C#BCBA3C

#BCBA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA3C
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -14.44, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 62.74, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0456 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1149, 46.1366, 11.1189)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA3C #3C3EBC

analogous

#BC7A3C #BCBA3C #7EBC3C

triadic

#BCBA3C #3CBCBA #BA3CBC

tetradic

#BCBA3C #3CBC7A #3C3EBC #BC3C7E

square

#BCBA3C #3CBC7A #3C3EBC #BC3C7E

split-complementary

#BCBA3C #3C7EBC #7A3CBC

monochromatic

#5F5E1E #8E8C2D #BCBA3C #CECD67 #DDDC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCBA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA3C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA3C	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce79',
    500: '#bcba3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba3c;
$custom-light: #d3ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76774,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA3C

secondary

#8B8CC9

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA3C

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

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