#BCAB46#BCAB46

#BCAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB46
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -6.07, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 53.09, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0207 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4089, 40.2609, 11.6465)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB46 #4657BC

analogous

#BC7046 #BCAB46 #92BC46

triadic

#BCAB46 #46BCAB #AB46BC

tetradic

#BCAB46 #46BC70 #4657BC #BC4692

square

#BCAB46 #46BC70 #4657BC #BC4692

split-complementary

#BCAB46 #4692BC #7046BC

monochromatic

#645A24 #908334 #BCAB46 #CCBF73 #DDD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB46

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB46	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)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37e',
    500: '#bcab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab46;
$custom-light: #d3c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB46

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#65D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB46

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

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