#BCAB37#BCAB37

#BCAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB37
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -6.95, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 59.32, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0249 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9932, 40.0946, 9.4568)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB37 #3748BC

analogous

#BC6937 #BCAB37 #8ABC37

triadic

#BCAB37 #37BCAB #AB37BC

tetradic

#BCAB37 #37BC69 #3748BC #BC378A

square

#BCAB37 #37BC69 #3748BC #BC378A

split-complementary

#BCAB37 #378ABC #6937BC

monochromatic

#5D551B #8D8029 #BCAB37 #D0C260 #DED48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB37

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c375',
    500: '#bcab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab37;
$custom-light: #d4c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB37

secondary

#868EC9

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB37

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

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