#BCAC23#BCAC23

#BCAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.145 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC23
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -8.30, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 66.34, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0306 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.145 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7967, 40.3194, 7.4867)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC23 #2333BC

analogous

#BC5F23 #BCAC23 #7FBC23

triadic

#BCAC23 #23BCAC #AC23BC

tetradic

#BCAC23 #23BC5F #2333BC #BC237F

square

#BCAC23 #23BC5F #2333BC #BC237F

split-complementary

#BCAC23 #237FBC #5F23BC

monochromatic

#554E10 #887D19 #BCAC23 #DCCB41 #E5D974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC23

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC23	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)

#C1AD2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.145 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c46c',
    500: '#bcac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac23;
$custom-light: #d4c46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73594,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC23

secondary

#6F78CC

accent

#4FEB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC23

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

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