#BCAC41#BCAC41

#BCAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC41
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -6.92, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 55.60, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0237 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4472, 40.5796, 10.9128)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC41 #4151BC

analogous

#BC6E41 #BCAC41 #8FBC41

triadic

#BCAC41 #41BCAC #AC41BC

tetradic

#BCAC41 #41BC6E #4151BC #BC418F

square

#BCAC41 #41BC6E #4151BC #BC418F

split-complementary

#BCAC41 #418FBC #6E41BC

monochromatic

#615922 #8F8231 #BCAC41 #CDC06E #DCD49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC41

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC41	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47b',
    500: '#bcac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac41;
$custom-light: #d3c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73799,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC41

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC41

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

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