#BCAC48#BCAC48

#BCAC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC48
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -6.47, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 52.56, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0216 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.121 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6627, 40.6658, 12.0477)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC48 #4858BC

analogous

#BC7248 #BCAC48 #92BC48

triadic

#BCAC48 #48BCAC #AC48BC

tetradic

#BCAC48 #48BC72 #4858BC #BC4892

square

#BCAC48 #48BC72 #4858BC #BC4892

split-complementary

#BCAC48 #4892BC #7248BC

monochromatic

#655C25 #928535 #BCAC48 #CCC075 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC48

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC48	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)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47f',
    500: '#bcac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac48;
$custom-light: #d3c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC48

secondary

#969DCA

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC48

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

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