#BCAB48#BCAB48

#BCAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB48
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -5.94, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 52.20, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0201 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4731, 40.2866, 11.9845)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB48 #4859BC

analogous

#BC7148 #BCAB48 #93BC48

triadic

#BCAB48 #48BCAB #AB48BC

tetradic

#BCAB48 #48BC71 #4859BC #BC4893

square

#BCAB48 #48BC71 #4859BC #BC4893

split-complementary

#BCAB48 #4893BC #7148BC

monochromatic

#655B25 #928435 #BCAB48 #CCC075 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB48

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB48	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37f',
    500: '#bcab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab48;
$custom-light: #d3c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB48

secondary

#969ECA

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB48

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

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