#BCBA46#BCBA46

#BCBA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA46
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -13.85, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 58.75, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0428 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4047, 46.2525, 12.6451)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA46 #4648BC

analogous

#BC7F46 #BCBA46 #83BC46

triadic

#BCBA46 #46BCBA #BA46BC

tetradic

#BCBA46 #46BC7F #4648BC #BC4683

square

#BCBA46 #46BC7F #4648BC #BC4683

split-complementary

#BCBA46 #4683BC #7F46BC

monochromatic

#646224 #908F34 #BCBA46 #CCCB73 #DDDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCBA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA46

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA46	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)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7f',
    500: '#bcba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba46;
$custom-light: #d3ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76858,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA46

secondary

#9596C9

accent

#54D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA46

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

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