#BCAB3D#BCAB3D

#BCAB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB3D
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -6.63, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 56.93, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0234 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1458, 40.1557, 10.2609)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB3D #3D4EBC

analogous

#BC6C3D #BCAB3D #8EBC3D

triadic

#BCAB3D #3DBCAB #AB3DBC

tetradic

#BCAB3D #3DBC6C #3D4EBC #BC3D8E

square

#BCAB3D #3DBC6C #3D4EBC #BC3D8E

split-complementary

#BCAB3D #3D8EBC #6C3DBC

monochromatic

#60571F #8E812E #BCAB3D #CEC068 #DDD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCAB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB3D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB3D	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)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c378',
    500: '#bcab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab3d;
$custom-light: #d3c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB3D

secondary

#8C94C9

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB3D

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

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