#BCAB42#BCAB42

#BCAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB42
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -6.33, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 54.83, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0219 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2868, 40.2121, 11.0035)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB42 #4253BC

analogous

#BC6E42 #BCAB42 #90BC42

triadic

#BCAB42 #42BCAB #AB42BC

tetradic

#BCAB42 #42BC6E #4253BC #BC4290

square

#BCAB42 #42BC6E #4253BC #BC4290

split-complementary

#BCAB42 #4290BC #6E42BC

monochromatic

#615922 #8F8232 #BCAB42 #CCBF6F #DCD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB42

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB42	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)

#BBA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bcab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab42;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB42

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB42

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

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