#BCBA4F#BCBA4F

#BCBA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.129 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA4F
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -13.23, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 54.87, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0401 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.129 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7104, 46.3748, 14.2550)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA4F #4F51BC

analogous

#BC844F #BCBA4F #88BC4F

triadic

#BCBA4F #4FBCBA #BA4FBC

tetradic

#BCBA4F #4FBC84 #4F51BC #BC4F88

square

#BCBA4F #4FBC84 #4F51BC #BC4F88

split-complementary

#BCBA4F #4F88BC #844FBC

monochromatic

#696828 #959339 #BCBA4F #CDCB7B #DEDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BCBA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA4F

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA4F	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)

#C8B343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.129 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce84',
    500: '#bcba4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba4f;
$custom-light: #d3ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA4F

secondary

#9C9DCB

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA4F

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

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