#BCAC47#BCAC47

#BCAC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC47
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -6.53, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 53.00, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0219 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6303, 40.6529, 11.8773)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC47 #4757BC

analogous

#BC7147 #BCAC47 #91BC47

triadic

#BCAC47 #47BCAC #AC47BC

tetradic

#BCAC47 #47BC71 #4757BC #BC4791

square

#BCAC47 #47BC71 #4757BC #BC4791

split-complementary

#BCAC47 #4791BC #7147BC

monochromatic

#645B24 #918435 #BCAC47 #CCC074 #DDD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC47

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC47	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)

#BBA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47e',
    500: '#bcac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac47;
$custom-light: #d3c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC47

secondary

#959DC9

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC47

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

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