#BCAC33#BCAC33

#BCAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC33
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -7.67, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.14, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0274 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0907, 40.4370, 9.0354)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC33 #3343BC

analogous

#BC6833 #BCAC33 #88BC33

triadic

#BCAC33 #33BCAC #AC33BC

tetradic

#BCAC33 #33BC68 #3343BC #BC3388

square

#BCAC33 #33BC68 #3343BC #BC3388

split-complementary

#BCAC33 #3388BC #6833BC

monochromatic

#5C5419 #8C8026 #BCAC33 #D2C45A #DFD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC33

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC33	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c473',
    500: '#bcac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac33;
$custom-light: #d4c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC33

secondary

#818AC9

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC33

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

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