#BCAC37#BCAC37

#BCAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC37
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -7.48, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.64, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0264 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.134 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1828, 40.4738, 9.5200)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC37 #3747BC

analogous

#BC6937 #BCAC37 #89BC37

triadic

#BCAC37 #37BCAC #AC37BC

tetradic

#BCAC37 #37BC69 #3747BC #BC3789

square

#BCAC37 #37BC69 #3747BC #BC3789

split-complementary

#BCAC37 #3789BC #6937BC

monochromatic

#5D551B #8D8129 #BCAC37 #D0C360 #DED58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC37

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c475',
    500: '#bcac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac37;
$custom-light: #d4c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC37

secondary

#868EC9

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC37

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

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