#BCAC4E#BCAC4E

#BCAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC4E
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -6.04, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 49.83, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0197 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8681, 40.7480, 13.1294)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC4E #4E5EBC

analogous

#BC754E #BCAC4E #95BC4E

triadic

#BCAC4E #4EBCAC #AC4EBC

tetradic

#BCAC4E #4EBC75 #4E5EBC #BC4E95

square

#BCAC4E #4EBC75 #4E5EBC #BC4E95

split-complementary

#BCAC4E #4E95BC #754EBC

monochromatic

#685F27 #958738 #BCAC4E #CDC17A #DED6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BCAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC4E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC4E	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)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c483',
    500: '#bcac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac4e;
$custom-light: #d3c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC4E

secondary

#9BA2CB

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC4E

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

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