#BCAC44#BCAC44

#BCAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC44
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -6.73, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 54.32, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0228 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5364, 40.6153, 11.3827)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC44 #4454BC

analogous

#BC7044 #BCAC44 #90BC44

triadic

#BCAC44 #44BCAC #AC44BC

tetradic

#BCAC44 #44BC70 #4454BC #BC4490

square

#BCAC44 #44BC70 #4454BC #BC4490

split-complementary

#BCAC44 #4490BC #7044BC

monochromatic

#625A23 #8F8333 #BCAC44 #CCC071 #DCD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC44

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47d',
    500: '#bcac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac44;
$custom-light: #d3c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC44

secondary

#939AC9

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC44

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

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