#BCBA50#BCBA50

#BCBA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.128 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA50
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -13.16, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 54.43, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0398 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.128 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7471, 46.3895, 14.4482)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA50 #5052BC

analogous

#BC8450 #BCBA50 #88BC50

triadic

#BCBA50 #50BCBA #BA50BC

tetradic

#BCBA50 #50BC84 #5052BC #BC5088

square

#BCBA50 #50BC84 #5052BC #BC5088

split-complementary

#BCBA50 #5088BC #8450BC

monochromatic

#696828 #969439 #BCBA50 #CDCB7C #DEDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCBA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA50

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA50	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.128 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce85',
    500: '#bcba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba50;
$custom-light: #d3ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA50

secondary

#9C9DCB

accent

#56D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA50

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

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