#BCAB44#BCAB44

#BCAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB44
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -6.21, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 53.97, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0213 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3468, 40.2361, 11.3195)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB44 #4455BC

analogous

#BC6F44 #BCAB44 #91BC44

triadic

#BCAB44 #44BCAB #AB44BC

tetradic

#BCAB44 #44BC6F #4455BC #BC4491

square

#BCAB44 #44BC6F #4455BC #BC4491

split-complementary

#BCAB44 #4491BC #6F44BC

monochromatic

#625923 #8F8233 #BCAB44 #CCBF71 #DCD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB44

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB44	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37d',
    500: '#bcab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab44;
$custom-light: #d3c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73614,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB44

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB44

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

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