#BCBA59#BCBA59

#BCBA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA59
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -12.44, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 50.31, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0368 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.12 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1022, 46.5315, 16.3183)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA59 #595BBC

analogous

#BC8959 #BCBA59 #8DBC59

triadic

#BCBA59 #59BCBA #BA59BC

tetradic

#BCBA59 #59BC89 #595BBC #BC598D

square

#BCBA59 #59BC89 #595BBC #BC598D

split-complementary

#BCBA59 #598DBC #8959BC

monochromatic

#6E6D2C #9A983E #BCBA59 #CECC85 #DFDEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA59

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA59	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce8b',
    500: '#bcba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba59;
$custom-light: #d2ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA59

secondary

#A3A4CD

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →