#BCBA41#BCBA41

#BCBA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA41
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -14.16, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 60.79, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0443 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2534, 46.1920, 11.8482)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA41 #4143BC

analogous

#BC7C41 #BCBA41 #81BC41

triadic

#BCBA41 #41BCBA #BA41BC

tetradic

#BCBA41 #41BC7C #4143BC #BC4181

square

#BCBA41 #41BC7C #4143BC #BC4181

split-complementary

#BCBA41 #4181BC #7C41BC

monochromatic

#616022 #8F8D31 #BCBA41 #CDCB6E #DCDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCBA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA41

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA41	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)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7c',
    500: '#bcba41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba41;
$custom-light: #d3ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA41

secondary

#9091C9

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA41

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

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