#BCAB49#BCAB49

#BCAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB49
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -5.87, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 51.75, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0198 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5060, 40.2998, 12.1577)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB49 #495ABC

analogous

#BC7149 #BCAB49 #93BC49

triadic

#BCAB49 #49BCAB #AB49BC

tetradic

#BCAB49 #49BC71 #495ABC #BC4993

square

#BCAB49 #49BC71 #495ABC #BC4993

split-complementary

#BCAB49 #4993BC #7149BC

monochromatic

#655C25 #928436 #BCAB49 #CCC076 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB49

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB49	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)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c380',
    500: '#bcab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab49;
$custom-light: #d3c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73664,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB49

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB49

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

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