#BCAC40#BCAC40

#BCAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC40
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -6.98, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 56.02, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.024 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4185, 40.5681, 10.7616)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC40 #4050BC

analogous

#BC6E40 #BCAC40 #8EBC40

triadic

#BCAC40 #40BCAC #AC40BC

tetradic

#BCAC40 #40BC6E #4050BC #BC408E

square

#BCAC40 #40BC6E #4050BC #BC408E

split-complementary

#BCAC40 #408EBC #6E40BC

monochromatic

#615821 #8E8230 #BCAC40 #CDC16C #DDD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC40

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC40	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47a',
    500: '#bcac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac40;
$custom-light: #d3c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC40

secondary

#8F97C9

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC40

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

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