#BCBA3D#BCBA3D

#BCBA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA3D
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -14.39, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 62.36, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0453 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.143 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1416, 46.1473, 11.2595)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA3D #3D3FBC

analogous

#BC7B3D #BCBA3D #7FBC3D

triadic

#BCBA3D #3DBCBA #BA3DBC

tetradic

#BCBA3D #3DBC7B #3D3FBC #BC3D7F

square

#BCBA3D #3DBC7B #3D3FBC #BC3D7F

split-complementary

#BCBA3D #3D7FBC #7B3DBC

monochromatic

#605F1F #8E8C2E #BCBA3D #CECC68 #DDDC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCBA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA3D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA3D	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)

#C9B32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7a',
    500: '#bcba3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba3d;
$custom-light: #d3ce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA3D

secondary

#8C8DC9

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA3D

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

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