#BCBA57#BCBA57

#BCBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA57
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -12.61, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 51.24, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0375 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0193, 46.4984, 15.8820)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA57 #5759BC

analogous

#BC8857 #BCBA57 #8CBC57

triadic

#BCBA57 #57BCBA #BA57BC

tetradic

#BCBA57 #57BC88 #5759BC #BC578C

square

#BCBA57 #57BC88 #5759BC #BC578C

split-complementary

#BCBA57 #578CBC #8857BC

monochromatic

#6D6C2C #99973D #BCBA57 #CDCC83 #DFDEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA57

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA57	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce89',
    500: '#bcba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba57;
$custom-light: #d2ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA57

secondary

#A2A3CD

accent

#58D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA57

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

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