#BCAB3C#BCAB3C

#BCAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB3C
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -6.69, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.33, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0236 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1191, 40.1450, 10.1203)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB3C #3C4DBC

analogous

#BC6B3C #BCAB3C #8DBC3C

triadic

#BCAB3C #3CBCAB #AB3CBC

tetradic

#BCAB3C #3CBC6B #3C4DBC #BC3C8D

square

#BCAB3C #3CBC6B #3C4DBC #BC3C8D

split-complementary

#BCAB3C #3C8DBC #6B3CBC

monochromatic

#5F571E #8E812D #BCAB3C #CEC167 #DDD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB3C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c378',
    500: '#bcab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab3c;
$custom-light: #d4c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB3C

secondary

#8B93C9

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB3C

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

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