#BCAB39#BCAB39

#BCAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB39
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -6.85, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 58.54, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0244 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0421, 40.1142, 9.7144)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB39 #394ABC

analogous

#BC6A39 #BCAB39 #8BBC39

triadic

#BCAB39 #39BCAB #AB39BC

tetradic

#BCAB39 #39BC6A #394ABC #BC398B

square

#BCAB39 #39BC6A #394ABC #BC398B

split-complementary

#BCAB39 #398BBC #6A39BC

monochromatic

#5E561D #8D802B #BCAB39 #D0C163 #DED492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB39

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c376',
    500: '#bcab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab39;
$custom-light: #d4c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB39

secondary

#8890C9

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB39

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

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