#BCAB23#BCAB23

#BCAB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.144 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB23
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -7.78, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 66.04, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0292 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6071, 39.9402, 7.4235)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB23 #2334BC

analogous

#BC5E23 #BCAB23 #80BC23

triadic

#BCAB23 #23BCAB #AB23BC

tetradic

#BCAB23 #23BC5E #2334BC #BC2380

square

#BCAB23 #23BC5E #2334BC #BC2380

split-complementary

#BCAB23 #2380BC #5E23BC

monochromatic

#554D10 #887C19 #BCAB23 #DCCA41 #E5D974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BCAB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB23

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB23	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)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c36c',
    500: '#bcab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab23;
$custom-light: #d4c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7338,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB23

secondary

#6F79CC

accent

#50EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB23

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

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