#BCAC35#BCAC35

#BCAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC35
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -7.58, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 60.40, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0269 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1358, 40.4551, 9.2727)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC35 #3545BC

analogous

#BC6935 #BCAC35 #89BC35

triadic

#BCAC35 #35BCAC #AC35BC

tetradic

#BCAC35 #35BC69 #3545BC #BC3589

square

#BCAC35 #35BC69 #3545BC #BC3589

split-complementary

#BCAC35 #3589BC #6935BC

monochromatic

#5D551A #8C8028 #BCAC35 #D1C45D #DFD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC35

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC35	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)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c474',
    500: '#bcac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac35;
$custom-light: #d4c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC35

secondary

#848CC9

accent

#5ADF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC35

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

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