#BCAB38#BCAB38

#BCAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB38
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -6.90, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 58.93, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0247 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0174, 40.1043, 9.5843)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB38 #3849BC

analogous

#BC6938 #BCAB38 #8BBC38

triadic

#BCAB38 #38BCAB #AB38BC

tetradic

#BCAB38 #38BC69 #3849BC #BC388B

square

#BCAB38 #38BC69 #3849BC #BC388B

split-complementary

#BCAB38 #388BBC #6938BC

monochromatic

#5E551C #8D802A #BCAB38 #D0C261 #DED490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB38

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c376',
    500: '#bcab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab38;
$custom-light: #d4c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB38

secondary

#878FC9

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB38

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

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