#BCAC3E#BCAC3E

#BCAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC3E
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -7.10, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 56.85, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0246 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.3626, 40.5458, 10.4672)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC3E #3E4EBC

analogous

#BC6D3E #BCAC3E #8DBC3E

triadic

#BCAC3E #3EBCAC #AC3EBC

tetradic

#BCAC3E #3EBC6D #3E4EBC #BC3E8D

square

#BCAC3E #3EBC6D #3E4EBC #BC3E8D

split-complementary

#BCAC3E #3E8DBC #6D3EBC

monochromatic

#605820 #8E822F #BCAC3E #CEC16A #DDD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC3E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC3E	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c479',
    500: '#bcac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac3e;
$custom-light: #d3c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73772,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC3E

secondary

#8D95C9

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC3E

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

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