#BCAB30#BCAB30

#BCAB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB30
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -7.29, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 61.90, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0266 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8371, 40.0322, 8.6351)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB30 #3041BC

analogous

#BC6530 #BCAB30 #87BC30

triadic

#BCAB30 #30BCAB #AB30BC

tetradic

#BCAB30 #30BC65 #3041BC #BC3087

square

#BCAB30 #30BC65 #3041BC #BC3087

split-complementary

#BCAB30 #3087BC #6530BC

monochromatic

#5A5217 #8B7F24 #BCAB30 #D4C455 #E0D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB30

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB30	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c371',
    500: '#bcab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab30;
$custom-light: #d4c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB30

secondary

#7E87CA

accent

#58E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB30

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

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