#BCAB33#BCAB33

#BCAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB33
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -7.15, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 60.82, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0259 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.9011, 40.0578, 8.9722)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB33 #3344BC

analogous

#BC6733 #BCAB33 #89BC33

triadic

#BCAB33 #33BCAB #AB33BC

tetradic

#BCAB33 #33BC67 #3344BC #BC3389

square

#BCAB33 #33BC67 #3344BC #BC3389

split-complementary

#BCAB33 #3389BC #6733BC

monochromatic

#5C5319 #8C7F26 #BCAB33 #D2C35A #DFD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB33

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c373',
    500: '#bcab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab33;
$custom-light: #d4c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB33

secondary

#818AC9

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB33

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

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