#BCAC51#BCAC51

#BCAC51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC51
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -5.81, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 48.44, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0187 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9781, 40.7920, 13.7088)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC51 #5161BC

analogous

#BC7651 #BCAC51 #96BC51

triadic

#BCAC51 #51BCAC #AC51BC

tetradic

#BCAC51 #51BC76 #5161BC #BC5196

square

#BCAC51 #51BC76 #5161BC #BC5196

split-complementary

#BCAC51 #5196BC #7651BC

monochromatic

#6A6029 #96883A #BCAC51 #CDC17D #DED6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC51

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC51	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c485',
    500: '#bcac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac51;
$custom-light: #d3c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC51

secondary

#9DA4CC

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC51

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

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