#BCBA47#BCBA47

#BCBA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.136 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA47
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -13.79, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 58.33, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0426 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.136 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4365, 46.2653, 12.8127)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA47 #4749BC

analogous

#BC7F47 #BCBA47 #83BC47

triadic

#BCBA47 #47BCBA #BA47BC

tetradic

#BCBA47 #47BC7F #4749BC #BC4783

square

#BCBA47 #47BC7F #4749BC #BC4783

split-complementary

#BCBA47 #4783BC #7F47BC

monochromatic

#646324 #918F35 #BCBA47 #CCCB74 #DDDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCBA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA47

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA47	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)

#C8B339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.136 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7f',
    500: '#bcba47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba47;
$custom-light: #d3ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76867,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA47

secondary

#9596C9

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA47

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

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