#BCBA40#BCBA40

#BCBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA40
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -14.22, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 61.19, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0445 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2247, 46.1805, 11.6970)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA40 #4042BC

analogous

#BC7C40 #BCBA40 #80BC40

triadic

#BCBA40 #40BCBA #BA40BC

tetradic

#BCBA40 #40BC7C #4042BC #BC4080

square

#BCBA40 #40BC7C #4042BC #BC4080

split-complementary

#BCBA40 #4080BC #7C40BC

monochromatic

#616021 #8E8D30 #BCBA40 #CDCB6C #DDDB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA40

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA40	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7b',
    500: '#bcba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba40;
$custom-light: #d3ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76806,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA40

secondary

#8F90C9

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA40

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

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