#BCBA42#BCBA42

#BCBA42 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	#BCBA42
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -14.10, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 60.39, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.044 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2826, 46.2037, 12.0021)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA42 #4244BC

analogous

#BC7D42 #BCBA42 #81BC42

triadic

#BCBA42 #42BCBA #BA42BC

tetradic

#BCBA42 #42BC7D #4244BC #BC4281

square

#BCBA42 #42BC7D #4244BC #BC4281

split-complementary

#BCBA42 #4281BC #7D42BC

monochromatic

#616022 #8F8D32 #BCBA42 #CCCB6F #DCDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA42

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA42	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7d',
    500: '#bcba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba42;
$custom-light: #d3ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA42

secondary

#9192C9

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA42

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

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