#BCBA45#BCBA45

#BCBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA45
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -13.91, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 59.16, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0431 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3734, 46.2400, 12.4802)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA45 #4547BC

analogous

#BC7F45 #BCBA45 #82BC45

triadic

#BCBA45 #45BCBA #BA45BC

tetradic

#BCBA45 #45BC7F #4547BC #BC4582

square

#BCBA45 #45BC7F #4547BC #BC4582

split-complementary

#BCBA45 #4582BC #7F45BC

monochromatic

#636224 #908E34 #BCBA45 #CCCB72 #DCDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA45

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA45	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)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7e',
    500: '#bcba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba45;
$custom-light: #d3ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76849,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA45

secondary

#9495C9

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA45

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

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