#BCBA51#BCBA51

#BCBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA51
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -13.08, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 53.98, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0395 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.7843, 46.4044, 14.6442)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA51 #5153BC

analogous

#BC8551 #BCBA51 #88BC51

triadic

#BCBA51 #51BCBA #BA51BC

tetradic

#BCBA51 #51BC85 #5153BC #BC5188

square

#BCBA51 #51BC85 #5153BC #BC5188

split-complementary

#BCBA51 #5188BC #8551BC

monochromatic

#6A6929 #96943A #BCBA51 #CDCC7D #DEDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA51

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA51	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)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce86',
    500: '#bcba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba51;
$custom-light: #d3ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76967,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA51

secondary

#9D9ECC

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA51

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

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