#BCAC2F#BCAC2F

#BCAC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC2F
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -7.85, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 62.57, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0283 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0063, 40.4033, 8.5908)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC2F #2F3FBC

analogous

#BC652F #BCAC2F #85BC2F

triadic

#BCAC2F #2FBCAC #AC2FBC

tetradic

#BCAC2F #2FBC65 #2F3FBC #BC2F85

square

#BCAC2F #2FBC65 #2F3FBC #BC2F85

split-complementary

#BCAC2F #2F85BC #652FBC

monochromatic

#5A5217 #8B7F23 #BCAC2F #D4C654 #E0D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BCAC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC2F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC2F	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c471',
    500: '#bcac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac2f;
$custom-light: #d4c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7366,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC2F

secondary

#7D86CA

accent

#57E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC2F

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

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