#BCAB3A#BCAB3A

#BCAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB3A
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -6.80, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 58.14, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0242 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0673, 40.1243, 9.8471)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB3A #3A4BBC

analogous

#BC6A3A #BCAB3A #8CBC3A

triadic

#BCAB3A #3ABCAB #AB3ABC

tetradic

#BCAB3A #3ABC6A #3A4BBC #BC3A8C

square

#BCAB3A #3ABC6A #3A4BBC #BC3A8C

split-complementary

#BCAB3A #3A8CBC #6A3ABC

monochromatic

#5E561D #8D802C #BCAB3A #CFC164 #DED493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB3A

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bcab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab3a;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB3A

secondary

#8991C9

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB3A

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

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