#BCAB41#BCAB41

#BCAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB41
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -6.39, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 55.26, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0222 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2576, 40.2004, 10.8496)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB41 #4152BC

analogous

#BC6D41 #BCAB41 #90BC41

triadic

#BCAB41 #41BCAB #AB41BC

tetradic

#BCAB41 #41BC6D #4152BC #BC4190

square

#BCAB41 #41BC6D #4152BC #BC4190

split-complementary

#BCAB41 #4190BC #6D41BC

monochromatic

#615822 #8F8231 #BCAB41 #CDC06E #DCD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB41

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB41	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)

#BBA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bcab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab41;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB41

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB41

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

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