#BCBA61#BCBA61

#BCBA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA61
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -11.73, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 46.50, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0339 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.112 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4565, 46.6733, 18.1846)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA61 #6163BC

analogous

#BC8C61 #BCBA61 #90BC61

triadic

#BCBA61 #61BCBA #BA61BC

tetradic

#BCBA61 #61BC8C #6163BC #BC6190

square

#BCBA61 #61BC8C #6163BC #BC6190

split-complementary

#BCBA61 #6190BC #8C61BC

monochromatic

#727130 #9D9B43 #BCBA61 #CECD8C #E0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA61

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA61	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce90',
    500: '#bcba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba61;
$custom-light: #d2ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA61

secondary

#AAAACF

accent

#5AD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA61

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

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