#BCAC39#BCAC39

#BCAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC39
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -7.37, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 58.87, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0259 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2317, 40.4934, 9.7776)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC39 #3949BC

analogous

#BC6B39 #BCAC39 #8ABC39

triadic

#BCAC39 #39BCAC #AC39BC

tetradic

#BCAC39 #39BC6B #3949BC #BC398A

square

#BCAC39 #39BC6B #3949BC #BC398A

split-complementary

#BCAC39 #398ABC #6B39BC

monochromatic

#5E561D #8D812B #BCAC39 #D0C263 #DED592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC39

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c476',
    500: '#bcac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac39;
$custom-light: #d4c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC39

secondary

#8890C9

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC39

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

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