#BCBA53#BCBA53

#BCBA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA53
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -12.93, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 53.08, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0388 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.126 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.8604, 46.4348, 15.0450)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA53 #5355BC

analogous

#BC8553 #BCBA53 #89BC53

triadic

#BCBA53 #53BCBA #BA53BC

tetradic

#BCBA53 #53BC85 #5355BC #BC5389

square

#BCBA53 #53BC85 #5355BC #BC5389

split-complementary

#BCBA53 #5389BC #8553BC

monochromatic

#6B6A2A #97953B #BCBA53 #CDCC7F #DEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA53

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA53	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce87',
    500: '#bcba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba53;
$custom-light: #d2ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA53

secondary

#9FA0CC

accent

#57D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA53

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

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