#BCAB34#BCAB34

#BCAB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB34
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -7.10, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 60.45, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0257 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9234, 40.0668, 9.0896)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB34 #3445BC

analogous

#BC6734 #BCAB34 #89BC34

triadic

#BCAB34 #34BCAB #AB34BC

tetradic

#BCAB34 #34BC67 #3445BC #BC3489

square

#BCAB34 #34BC67 #3445BC #BC3489

split-complementary

#BCAB34 #3489BC #6734BC

monochromatic

#5C5419 #8C7F27 #BCAB34 #D2C35B #DFD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB34

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB34	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)

#BBA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c373',
    500: '#bcab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab34;
$custom-light: #d4c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB34

secondary

#838BC9

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB34

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

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