#BCAC36#BCAC36

#BCAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC36
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -7.53, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 60.03, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0267 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1590, 40.4644, 9.3951)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC36 #3646BC

analogous

#BC6936 #BCAC36 #89BC36

triadic

#BCAC36 #36BCAC #AC36BC

tetradic

#BCAC36 #36BC69 #3646BC #BC3689

square

#BCAC36 #36BC69 #3646BC #BC3689

split-complementary

#BCAC36 #3689BC #6936BC

monochromatic

#5D551B #8C8128 #BCAC36 #D1C35E #DFD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC36

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c475',
    500: '#bcac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac36;
$custom-light: #d4c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC36

secondary

#858DC9

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC36

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

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