#BCAB59#BCAB59

#BCAB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB59
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -4.62, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 44.24, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0143 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.105 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1064, 40.5399, 15.3197)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB59 #596ABC

analogous

#BC7A59 #BCAB59 #9CBC59

triadic

#BCAB59 #59BCAB #AB59BC

tetradic

#BCAB59 #59BC7A #596ABC #BC599C

square

#BCAB59 #59BC7A #596ABC #BC599C

split-complementary

#BCAB59 #599CBC #7A59BC

monochromatic

#6E632C #9A8A3E #BCAB59 #CEC185 #DFD7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB59

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB59	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38a',
    500: '#bcab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab59;
$custom-light: #d2c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB59

secondary

#A3ABCD

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB59

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

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