#BCAC3C#BCAC3C

#BCAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC3C
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -7.21, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 57.67, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0251 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3087, 40.5242, 10.1835)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC3C #3C4CBC

analogous

#BC6C3C #BCAC3C #8CBC3C

triadic

#BCAC3C #3CBCAC #AC3CBC

tetradic

#BCAC3C #3CBC6C #3C4CBC #BC3C8C

square

#BCAC3C #3CBC6C #3C4CBC #BC3C8C

split-complementary

#BCAC3C #3C8CBC #6C3CBC

monochromatic

#5F571E #8E822D #BCAC3C #CEC167 #DDD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC3C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC3C	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)

#BCA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c478',
    500: '#bcac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac3c;
$custom-light: #d3c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC3C

secondary

#8B93C9

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC3C

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

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