#BCBA52#BCBA52

#BCBA52 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	#BCBA52
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -13.00, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 53.53, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0391 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.8221, 46.4195, 14.8432)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA52 #5254BC

analogous

#BC8552 #BCBA52 #89BC52

triadic

#BCBA52 #52BCBA #BA52BC

tetradic

#BCBA52 #52BC85 #5254BC #BC5289

square

#BCBA52 #52BC85 #5254BC #BC5289

split-complementary

#BCBA52 #5289BC #8552BC

monochromatic

#6A6929 #97953A #BCBA52 #CDCC7E #DEDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA52

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA52	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)

#C8B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce86',
    500: '#bcba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba52;
$custom-light: #d3ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76978,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA52

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA52

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

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