#BCAB35#BCAB35

#BCAB35 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	#BCAB35
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -7.05, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 60.08, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0254 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9462, 40.0759, 9.2095)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB35 #3546BC

analogous

#BC6735 #BCAB35 #8ABC35

triadic

#BCAB35 #35BCAB #AB35BC

tetradic

#BCAB35 #35BC67 #3546BC #BC358A

square

#BCAB35 #35BC67 #3546BC #BC358A

split-complementary

#BCAB35 #358ABC #6735BC

monochromatic

#5D541A #8C8028 #BCAB35 #D1C35D #DFD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB35

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c374',
    500: '#bcab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab35;
$custom-light: #d4c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB35

secondary

#848CC9

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB35

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

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