#BCAB51#BCAB51

#BCAB51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB51
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -5.28, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 48.07, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0172 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7885, 40.4128, 13.6456)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB51 #5162BC

analogous

#BC7551 #BCAB51 #98BC51

triadic

#BCAB51 #51BCAB #AB51BC

tetradic

#BCAB51 #51BC75 #5162BC #BC5198

square

#BCAB51 #51BC75 #5162BC #BC5198

split-complementary

#BCAB51 #5198BC #7551BC

monochromatic

#6A6029 #96873A #BCAB51 #CDC07D #DED6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BCAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB51

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB51	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c385',
    500: '#bcab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab51;
$custom-light: #d3c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB51

secondary

#9DA5CC

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB51

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

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