#BCAC49#BCAC49

#BCAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC49
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -6.40, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 52.11, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0213 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6956, 40.6790, 12.2209)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC49 #4959BC

analogous

#BC7249 #BCAC49 #92BC49

triadic

#BCAC49 #49BCAC #AC49BC

tetradic

#BCAC49 #49BC72 #4959BC #BC4992

square

#BCAC49 #49BC72 #4959BC #BC4992

split-complementary

#BCAC49 #4992BC #7249BC

monochromatic

#655C25 #928536 #BCAC49 #CCC076 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC49

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC49	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c480',
    500: '#bcac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac49;
$custom-light: #d3c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC49

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC49

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

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