#BCBA3E#BCBA3E

#BCBA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; 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	#BCBA3E
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -14.33, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 61.97, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0451 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.143 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1688, 46.1582, 11.4026)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA3E #3E40BC

analogous

#BC7B3E #BCBA3E #7FBC3E

triadic

#BCBA3E #3EBCBA #BA3EBC

tetradic

#BCBA3E #3EBC7B #3E40BC #BC3E7F

square

#BCBA3E #3EBC7B #3E40BC #BC3E7F

split-complementary

#BCBA3E #3E7FBC #7B3EBC

monochromatic

#605F20 #8E8C2F #BCBA3E #CECC6A #DDDC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCBA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA3E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA3E	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)

#C9B32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7a',
    500: '#bcba3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba3e;
$custom-light: #d3ce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7679,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA3E

secondary

#8D8EC9

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA3E

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

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