#BCAB21#BCAB21

#BCAB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB21
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -7.84, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 66.59, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0295 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.145 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5782, 39.9287, 7.2715)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB21 #2132BC

analogous

#BC5D21 #BCAB21 #7FBC21

triadic

#BCAB21 #21BCAB #AB21BC

tetradic

#BCAB21 #21BC5D #2132BC #BC217F

square

#BCAB21 #21BC5D #2132BC #BC217F

split-complementary

#BCAB21 #217FBC #5D21BC

monochromatic

#544C0F #887C18 #BCAB21 #DDCB3D #E6D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BCAB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB21

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB21	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36b',
    500: '#bcab21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab21;
$custom-light: #d5c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB21

secondary

#6C77CD

accent

#4EED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB21

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

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