#BCAC45#BCAC45

#BCAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC45
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -6.67, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 53.88, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0225 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5672, 40.6276, 11.5448)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC45 #4555BC

analogous

#BC7045 #BCAC45 #90BC45

triadic

#BCAC45 #45BCAC #AC45BC

tetradic

#BCAC45 #45BC70 #4555BC #BC4590

square

#BCAC45 #45BC70 #4555BC #BC4590

split-complementary

#BCAC45 #4590BC #7045BC

monochromatic

#635A24 #908434 #BCAC45 #CCC072 #DCD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC45

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC45	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47d',
    500: '#bcac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac45;
$custom-light: #d3c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC45

secondary

#949BC9

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC45

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

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