#BCAB3B#BCAB3B

#BCAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB3B
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -6.74, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.74, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0239 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0930, 40.1346, 9.9824)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB3B #3B4CBC

analogous

#BC6A3B #BCAB3B #8CBC3B

triadic

#BCAB3B #3BBCAB #AB3BBC

tetradic

#BCAB3B #3BBC6A #3B4CBC #BC3B8C

square

#BCAB3B #3BBC6A #3B4CBC #BC3B8C

split-complementary

#BCAB3B #3B8CBC #6A3BBC

monochromatic

#5F561E #8D812C #BCAB3B #CFC165 #DDD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB3B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB3B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bcab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab3b;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB3B

secondary

#8A92C9

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB3B

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

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