#BCAB2F#BCAB2F

#BCAB2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.138 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB2F
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -7.33, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 62.25, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0268 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.138 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8167, 40.0241, 8.5276)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB2F #2F40BC

analogous

#BC642F #BCAB2F #86BC2F

triadic

#BCAB2F #2FBCAB #AB2FBC

tetradic

#BCAB2F #2FBC64 #2F40BC #BC2F86

square

#BCAB2F #2FBC64 #2F40BC #BC2F86

split-complementary

#BCAB2F #2F86BC #642FBC

monochromatic

#5A5217 #8B7E23 #BCAB2F #D4C554 #E0D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BCAB2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB2F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB2F	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.138 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c371',
    500: '#bcab2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab2f;
$custom-light: #d4c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB2F

secondary

#7D86CA

accent

#58E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB2F

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

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