#BCAB31#BCAB31

#BCAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB31
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -7.24, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 61.55, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0264 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8580, 40.0406, 8.7450)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB31 #3142BC

analogous

#BC6631 #BCAB31 #88BC31

triadic

#BCAB31 #31BCAB #AB31BC

tetradic

#BCAB31 #31BC66 #3142BC #BC3188

square

#BCAB31 #31BC66 #3142BC #BC3188

split-complementary

#BCAB31 #3188BC #6631BC

monochromatic

#5B5318 #8B7F24 #BCAB31 #D3C457 #E0D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB31

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB31	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)

#BBA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c372',
    500: '#bcab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab31;
$custom-light: #d4c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB31

secondary

#7F88CA

accent

#59E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB31

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

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