#BCBA4B#BCBA4B

#BCBA4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA4B
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -13.52, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 56.62, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0414 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.133 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5692, 46.3183, 13.5112)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA4B #4B4DBC

analogous

#BC824B #BCBA4B #86BC4B

triadic

#BCBA4B #4BBCBA #BA4BBC

tetradic

#BCBA4B #4BBC82 #4B4DBC #BC4B86

square

#BCBA4B #4BBC82 #4B4DBC #BC4B86

split-complementary

#BCBA4B #4B86BC #824BBC

monochromatic

#666526 #939137 #BCBA4B #CDCB78 #DDDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCBA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCBA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA4B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA4B	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)

#C8B33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce82',
    500: '#bcba4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba4b;
$custom-light: #d3ce82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76905,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA4B

secondary

#9999CA

accent

#55D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA4B

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

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