#BCAB32#BCAB32

#BCAB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB32
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -7.20, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 61.19, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0262 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.8793, 40.0491, 8.8573)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB32 #3243BC

analogous

#BC6632 #BCAB32 #88BC32

triadic

#BCAB32 #32BCAB #AB32BC

tetradic

#BCAB32 #32BC66 #3243BC #BC3288

square

#BCAB32 #32BC66 #3243BC #BC3288

split-complementary

#BCAB32 #3288BC #6632BC

monochromatic

#5B5318 #8C7F25 #BCAB32 #D3C458 #E0D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB32

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB32	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)

#BBA61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c372',
    500: '#bcab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab32;
$custom-light: #d4c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB32

secondary

#8089C9

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB32

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

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