#BCBA43#BCBA43

#BCBA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA43
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -14.04, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 59.99, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0437 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.139 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3124, 46.2156, 12.1588)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA43 #4345BC

analogous

#BC7D43 #BCBA43 #82BC43

triadic

#BCBA43 #43BCBA #BA43BC

tetradic

#BCBA43 #43BC7D #4345BC #BC4382

square

#BCBA43 #43BC7D #4345BC #BC4382

split-complementary

#BCBA43 #4382BC #7D43BC

monochromatic

#626123 #8F8D33 #BCBA43 #CCCB70 #DCDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCBA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA43

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA43	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)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7d',
    500: '#bcba43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba43;
$custom-light: #d3ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA43

secondary

#9293C9

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA43

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

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