#BCAC52#BCAC52

#BCAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC52
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -5.73, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 47.97, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0183 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0159, 40.8071, 13.9078)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC52 #5262BC

analogous

#BC7752 #BCAC52 #97BC52

triadic

#BCAC52 #52BCAC #AC52BC

tetradic

#BCAC52 #52BC77 #5262BC #BC5297

square

#BCAC52 #52BC77 #5262BC #BC5297

split-complementary

#BCAC52 #5297BC #7752BC

monochromatic

#6A6129 #97893A #BCAC52 #CDC17E #DED6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC52

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC52	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)

#BAA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c485',
    500: '#bcac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac52;
$custom-light: #d3c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC52

secondary

#9EA5CC

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC52

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

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