#BCBA48#BCBA48

#BCBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA48
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -13.72, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 57.91, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0423 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.135 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4689, 46.2782, 12.9831)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA48 #484ABC

analogous

#BC8048 #BCBA48 #84BC48

triadic

#BCBA48 #48BCBA #BA48BC

tetradic

#BCBA48 #48BC80 #484ABC #BC4884

square

#BCBA48 #48BC80 #484ABC #BC4884

split-complementary

#BCBA48 #4884BC #8048BC

monochromatic

#656425 #929035 #BCBA48 #CCCB75 #DDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA48

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA48	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce80',
    500: '#bcba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba48;
$custom-light: #d3ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76876,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA48

secondary

#9697CA

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA48

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

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