#BCAB25#BCAB25

#BCAB25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; 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	#BCAB25
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -7.71, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 65.47, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0288 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6376, 39.9524, 7.5843)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB25 #2536BC

analogous

#BC6025 #BCAB25 #82BC25

triadic

#BCAB25 #25BCAB #AB25BC

tetradic

#BCAB25 #25BC60 #2536BC #BC2582

square

#BCAB25 #25BC60 #2536BC #BC2582

split-complementary

#BCAB25 #2582BC #6025BC

monochromatic

#564E11 #897C1B #BCAB25 #DAC944 #E4D877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCAB25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BCAB25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB25

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB25	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)

#C1AD30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c36c',
    500: '#bcab25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab25;
$custom-light: #d4c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB25

secondary

#717BCC

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB25

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

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