#BCAB45#BCAB45

#BCAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB45
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -6.14, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 53.53, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.021 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3776, 40.2484, 11.4816)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB45 #4556BC

analogous

#BC7045 #BCAB45 #91BC45

triadic

#BCAB45 #45BCAB #AB45BC

tetradic

#BCAB45 #45BC70 #4556BC #BC4591

square

#BCAB45 #45BC70 #4556BC #BC4591

split-complementary

#BCAB45 #4591BC #7045BC

monochromatic

#635A24 #908334 #BCAB45 #CCBF72 #DCD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB45

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB45	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)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37d',
    500: '#bcab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab45;
$custom-light: #d3c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB45

secondary

#949BC9

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB45

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

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