#BCAC31#BCAC31

#BCAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC31
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -7.76, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 61.87, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0279 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0476, 40.4198, 8.8082)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC31 #3141BC

analogous

#BC6731 #BCAC31 #87BC31

triadic

#BCAC31 #31BCAC #AC31BC

tetradic

#BCAC31 #31BC67 #3141BC #BC3187

square

#BCAC31 #31BC67 #3141BC #BC3187

split-complementary

#BCAC31 #3187BC #6731BC

monochromatic

#5B5318 #8B8024 #BCAC31 #D3C557 #E0D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BCAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC31

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC31	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)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c472',
    500: '#bcac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac31;
$custom-light: #d4c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC31

secondary

#7F88CA

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC31

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

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