#BCBA54#BCBA54

#BCBA54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.125 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA54
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 84)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -12.85, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 52.62, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0385 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.125 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.8993, 46.4504, 15.2498)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA54 #5456BC

analogous

#BC8654 #BCBA54 #8ABC54

triadic

#BCBA54 #54BCBA #BA54BC

tetradic

#BCBA54 #54BC86 #5456BC #BC548A

square

#BCBA54 #54BC86 #5456BC #BC548A

split-complementary

#BCBA54 #548ABC #8654BC

monochromatic

#6B6A2A #97963B #BCBA54 #CDCC80 #DEDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA54

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA54	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)

#C8B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.125 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce87',
    500: '#bcba54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba54;
$custom-light: #d2ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA54

secondary

#A0A0CC

accent

#57D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA54

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

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