#BCAB40#BCAB40

#BCAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB40
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -6.45, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 55.68, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0225 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2289, 40.1889, 10.6984)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB40 #4051BC

analogous

#BC6D40 #BCAB40 #8FBC40

triadic

#BCAB40 #40BCAB #AB40BC

tetradic

#BCAB40 #40BC6D #4051BC #BC408F

square

#BCAB40 #40BC6D #4051BC #BC408F

split-complementary

#BCAB40 #408FBC #6D40BC

monochromatic

#615821 #8E8130 #BCAB40 #CDC06C #DDD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB40

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB40	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37a',
    500: '#bcab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab40;
$custom-light: #d3c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB40

secondary

#8F97C9

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB40

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

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