#BCAB36#BCAB36

#BCAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB36
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -7.00, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 59.70, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0252 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9694, 40.0852, 9.3319)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB36 #3647BC

analogous

#BC6836 #BCAB36 #8ABC36

triadic

#BCAB36 #36BCAB #AB36BC

tetradic

#BCAB36 #36BC68 #3647BC #BC368A

square

#BCAB36 #36BC68 #3647BC #BC368A

split-complementary

#BCAB36 #368ABC #6836BC

monochromatic

#5D551B #8C8028 #BCAB36 #D1C25E #DFD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB36

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB36	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c375',
    500: '#bcab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab36;
$custom-light: #d4c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB36

secondary

#858DC9

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB36

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

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