#BCAC3B#BCAC3B

#BCAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC3B
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -7.27, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 58.07, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0254 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2826, 40.5138, 10.0456)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC3B #3B4BBC

analogous

#BC6B3B #BCAC3B #8BBC3B

triadic

#BCAC3B #3BBCAC #AC3BBC

tetradic

#BCAC3B #3BBC6B #3B4BBC #BC3B8B

square

#BCAC3B #3BBC6B #3B4BBC #BC3B8B

split-complementary

#BCAC3B #3B8BBC #6B3BBC

monochromatic

#5F571E #8D812C #BCAC3B #CFC265 #DDD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC3B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC3B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c477',
    500: '#bcac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac3b;
$custom-light: #d4c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC3B

secondary

#8A92C9

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC3B

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

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