#BCAC46#BCAC46

#BCAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC46
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -6.60, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 53.44, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0222 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5985, 40.6402, 11.7097)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC46 #4656BC

analogous

#BC7146 #BCAC46 #91BC46

triadic

#BCAC46 #46BCAC #AC46BC

tetradic

#BCAC46 #46BC71 #4656BC #BC4691

square

#BCAC46 #46BC71 #4656BC #BC4691

split-complementary

#BCAC46 #4691BC #7146BC

monochromatic

#645B24 #908434 #BCAC46 #CCC073 #DDD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC46

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47e',
    500: '#bcac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac46;
$custom-light: #d3c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC46

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#63D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC46

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

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