#BCAB20#BCAB20

#BCAB20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB20
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -7.87, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 66.86, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0296 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5644, 39.9232, 7.1989)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB20 #2031BC

analogous

#BC5D20 #BCAB20 #7FBC20

triadic

#BCAB20 #20BCAB #AB20BC

tetradic

#BCAB20 #20BC5D #2031BC #BC207F

square

#BCAB20 #20BC5D #2031BC #BC207F

split-complementary

#BCAB20 #207FBC #5D20BC

monochromatic

#534C0E #887B17 #BCAB20 #DECC3B #E7DA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAB20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCAB20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB20

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB20	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36a',
    500: '#bcab20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab20;
$custom-light: #d5c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73366,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB20

secondary

#6B75CD

accent

#4EEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB20

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

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