#BCBA55#BCBA55

#BCBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA55
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -12.77, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 52.16, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0381 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.124 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9387, 46.4661, 15.4576)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA55 #5557BC

analogous

#BC8655 #BCBA55 #8ABC55

triadic

#BCBA55 #55BCBA #BA55BC

tetradic

#BCBA55 #55BC86 #5557BC #BC558A

square

#BCBA55 #55BC86 #5557BC #BC558A

split-complementary

#BCBA55 #558ABC #8655BC

monochromatic

#6C6B2B #98963C #BCBA55 #CDCC81 #DFDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA55

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA55	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)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce88',
    500: '#bcba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba55;
$custom-light: #d2ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA55

secondary

#A0A1CC

accent

#57D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA55

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

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