#BCAC42#BCAC42

#BCAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC42
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -6.86, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 55.18, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0234 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4764, 40.5913, 11.0667)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC42 #4252BC

analogous

#BC6F42 #BCAC42 #8FBC42

triadic

#BCAC42 #42BCAC #AC42BC

tetradic

#BCAC42 #42BC6F #4252BC #BC428F

square

#BCAC42 #42BC6F #4252BC #BC428F

split-complementary

#BCAC42 #428FBC #6F42BC

monochromatic

#615922 #8F8332 #BCAC42 #CCC06F #DCD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC42

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47b',
    500: '#bcac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac42;
$custom-light: #d3c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73808,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC42

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC42

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

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