#BCBA44#BCBA44

#BCBA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA44
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -13.98, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 59.58, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0434 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3426, 46.2277, 12.3181)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA44 #4446BC

analogous

#BC7E44 #BCBA44 #82BC44

triadic

#BCBA44 #44BCBA #BA44BC

tetradic

#BCBA44 #44BC7E #4446BC #BC4482

square

#BCBA44 #44BC7E #4446BC #BC4482

split-complementary

#BCBA44 #4482BC #7E44BC

monochromatic

#626123 #8F8E33 #BCBA44 #CCCB71 #DCDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCBA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA44

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA44	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7e',
    500: '#bcba44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba44;
$custom-light: #d3ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA44

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA44

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

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