#BCAB53#BCAB53

#BCAB53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB53
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -5.12, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 47.13, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0165 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.111 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8646, 40.4432, 14.0464)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB53 #5364BC

analogous

#BC7653 #BCAB53 #98BC53

triadic

#BCAB53 #53BCAB #AB53BC

tetradic

#BCAB53 #53BC76 #5364BC #BC5398

square

#BCAB53 #53BC76 #5364BC #BC5398

split-complementary

#BCAB53 #5398BC #7653BC

monochromatic

#6B602A #97883B #BCAB53 #CDC17F #DED6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB53

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB53	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)

#B9A74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c386',
    500: '#bcab53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab53;
$custom-light: #d2c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB53

secondary

#9FA6CC

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB53

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

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