#BCAB43#BCAB43

#BCAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB43
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -6.27, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 54.40, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0216 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.3166, 40.2240, 11.1602)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB43 #4354BC

analogous

#BC6E43 #BCAB43 #91BC43

triadic

#BCAB43 #43BCAB #AB43BC

tetradic

#BCAB43 #43BC6E #4354BC #BC4391

square

#BCAB43 #43BC6E #4354BC #BC4391

split-complementary

#BCAB43 #4391BC #6E43BC

monochromatic

#625923 #8F8233 #BCAB43 #CCBF70 #DCD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB43

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB43	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)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37c',
    500: '#bcab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab43;
$custom-light: #d3c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB43

secondary

#929AC9

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB43

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

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