#BCBA3F#BCBA3F

#BCBA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.142 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA3F
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -14.28, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 61.58, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0448 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.142 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1965, 46.1693, 11.5485)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA3F #3F41BC

analogous

#BC7C3F #BCBA3F #80BC3F

triadic

#BCBA3F #3FBCBA #BA3FBC

tetradic

#BCBA3F #3FBC7C #3F41BC #BC3F80

square

#BCBA3F #3FBC7C #3F41BC #BC3F80

split-complementary

#BCBA3F #3F80BC #7C3FBC

monochromatic

#605F20 #8E8D30 #BCBA3F #CDCC6B #DDDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCBA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA3F

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA3F	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)

#C9B32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.142 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7b',
    500: '#bcba3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba3f;
$custom-light: #d3ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA3F

secondary

#8E8FC9

accent

#51D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA3F

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

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