#BCAC21#BCAC21

#BCAC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.146 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC21
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -8.36, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 66.89, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0309 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.146 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7678, 40.3079, 7.3347)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC21 #2131BC

analogous

#BC5E21 #BCAC21 #7FBC21

triadic

#BCAC21 #21BCAC #AC21BC

tetradic

#BCAC21 #21BC5E #2131BC #BC217F

square

#BCAC21 #21BC5E #2131BC #BC217F

split-complementary

#BCAC21 #217FBC #5E21BC

monochromatic

#544D0F #887C18 #BCAC21 #DDCC3D #E6DA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCAC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC21

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC21	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.146 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c46b',
    500: '#bcac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac21;
$custom-light: #d4c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.806,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC21

secondary

#6C76CD

accent

#4DED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC21

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

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