#BCBA4E#BCBA4E

#BCBA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.130 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA4E
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -13.30, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 55.31, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0404 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.13 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6743, 46.3604, 14.0648)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA4E #4E50BC

analogous

#BC834E #BCBA4E #87BC4E

triadic

#BCBA4E #4EBCBA #BA4EBC

tetradic

#BCBA4E #4EBC83 #4E50BC #BC4E87

square

#BCBA4E #4EBC83 #4E50BC #BC4E87

split-complementary

#BCBA4E #4E87BC #834EBC

monochromatic

#686727 #959338 #BCBA4E #CDCB7A #DEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BCBA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA4E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA4E	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.130 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce84',
    500: '#bcba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba4e;
$custom-light: #d3ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76936,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA4E

secondary

#9B9CCB

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA4E

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

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