#BCAC4D#BCAC4D

#BCAC4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC4D
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -6.11, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 50.29, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.02 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8325, 40.7337, 12.9420)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC4D #4D5DBC

analogous

#BC754D #BCAC4D #95BC4D

triadic

#BCAC4D #4DBCAC #AC4DBC

tetradic

#BCAC4D #4DBC75 #4D5DBC #BC4D95

square

#BCAC4D #4DBC75 #4D5DBC #BC4D95

split-complementary

#BCAC4D #4D95BC #754DBC

monochromatic

#685E27 #948738 #BCAC4D #CDC179 #DDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BCAC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC4D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC4D	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c482',
    500: '#bcac4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac4d;
$custom-light: #d3c482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC4D

secondary

#9AA1CB

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC4D

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

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