#BCAB55#BCAB55

#BCAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB55
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -4.96, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 46.17, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0158 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9429, 40.4746, 14.4590)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB55 #5566BC

analogous

#BC7755 #BCAB55 #99BC55

triadic

#BCAB55 #55BCAB #AB55BC

tetradic

#BCAB55 #55BC77 #5566BC #BC5599

square

#BCAB55 #55BC77 #5566BC #BC5599

split-complementary

#BCAB55 #5599BC #7755BC

monochromatic

#6C612B #98893C #BCAB55 #CDC181 #DFD6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB55

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB55	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)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c387',
    500: '#bcab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab55;
$custom-light: #d2c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB55

secondary

#A0A8CC

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB55

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

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