#BCAC3A#BCAC3A

#BCAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC3A
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -7.32, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 58.47, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0257 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2569, 40.5035, 9.9103)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC3A #3A4ABC

analogous

#BC6B3A #BCAC3A #8BBC3A

triadic

#BCAC3A #3ABCAC #AC3ABC

tetradic

#BCAC3A #3ABC6B #3A4ABC #BC3A8B

square

#BCAC3A #3ABC6B #3A4ABC #BC3A8B

split-complementary

#BCAC3A #3A8BBC #6B3ABC

monochromatic

#5E561D #8D812C #BCAC3A #CFC264 #DED493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC3A

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC3A	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)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c477',
    500: '#bcac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac3a;
$custom-light: #d4c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC3A

secondary

#8991C9

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC3A

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

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