#BCAB3E#BCAB3E

#BCAB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB3E
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -6.57, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 56.51, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0231 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.129 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1730, 40.1666, 10.4040)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB3E #3E4FBC

analogous

#BC6C3E #BCAB3E #8EBC3E

triadic

#BCAB3E #3EBCAB #AB3EBC

tetradic

#BCAB3E #3EBC6C #3E4FBC #BC3E8E

square

#BCAB3E #3EBC6C #3E4FBC #BC3E8E

split-complementary

#BCAB3E #3E8EBC #6C3EBC

monochromatic

#605720 #8E812F #BCAB3E #CEC06A #DDD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB3E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB3E	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c379',
    500: '#bcab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab3e;
$custom-light: #d3c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73559,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB3E

secondary

#8D95C9

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB3E

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

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