#BCAC38#BCAC38

#BCAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC38
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -7.43, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.26, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0262 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2070, 40.4835, 9.6475)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC38 #3848BC

analogous

#BC6A38 #BCAC38 #8ABC38

triadic

#BCAC38 #38BCAC #AC38BC

tetradic

#BCAC38 #38BC6A #3848BC #BC388A

square

#BCAC38 #38BC6A #3848BC #BC388A

split-complementary

#BCAC38 #388ABC #6A38BC

monochromatic

#5E561C #8D812A #BCAC38 #D0C361 #DED590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC38

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC38	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c476',
    500: '#bcac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac38;
$custom-light: #d4c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC38

secondary

#878FC9

accent

#5CDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC38

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

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