#BCAB47#BCAB47

#BCAB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB47
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -6.01, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 52.65, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0204 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4407, 40.2737, 11.8141)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB47 #4758BC

analogous

#BC7047 #BCAB47 #92BC47

triadic

#BCAB47 #47BCAB #AB47BC

tetradic

#BCAB47 #47BC70 #4758BC #BC4792

square

#BCAB47 #47BC70 #4758BC #BC4792

split-complementary

#BCAB47 #4792BC #7047BC

monochromatic

#645B24 #918435 #BCAB47 #CCBF74 #DDD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCAB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB47

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB47	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)

#BAA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37e',
    500: '#bcab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab47;
$custom-light: #d3c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB47

secondary

#959DC9

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB47

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

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