#BCAB52#BCAB52

#BCAB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB52
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -5.20, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 47.60, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0168 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.112 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8263, 40.4279, 13.8446)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB52 #5263BC

analogous

#BC7652 #BCAB52 #98BC52

triadic

#BCAB52 #52BCAB #AB52BC

tetradic

#BCAB52 #52BC76 #5263BC #BC5298

square

#BCAB52 #52BC76 #5263BC #BC5298

split-complementary

#BCAB52 #5298BC #7652BC

monochromatic

#6A6029 #97883A #BCAB52 #CDC07E #DED6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB52

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB52	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c385',
    500: '#bcab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab52;
$custom-light: #d3c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB52

secondary

#9EA5CC

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB52

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

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