#BCAC4A#BCAC4A

#BCAC4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC4A
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -6.33, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 51.66, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7290, 40.6923, 12.3970)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC4A #4A5ABC

analogous

#BC734A #BCAC4A #93BC4A

triadic

#BCAC4A #4ABCAC #AC4ABC

tetradic

#BCAC4A #4ABC73 #4A5ABC #BC4A93

square

#BCAC4A #4ABC73 #4A5ABC #BC4A93

split-complementary

#BCAC4A #4A93BC #734ABC

monochromatic

#665D26 #938636 #BCAC4A #CDC077 #DDD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC4A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC4A	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)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c480',
    500: '#bcac4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac4a;
$custom-light: #d3c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC4A

secondary

#989FCA

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC4A

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

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