#BCAC53#BCAC53

#BCAC53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC53
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -5.65, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 47.49, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.018 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0542, 40.8224, 14.1096)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC53 #5363BC

analogous

#BC7753 #BCAC53 #97BC53

triadic

#BCAC53 #53BCAC #AC53BC

tetradic

#BCAC53 #53BC77 #5363BC #BC5397

square

#BCAC53 #53BC77 #5363BC #BC5397

split-complementary

#BCAC53 #5397BC #7753BC

monochromatic

#6B612A #97893B #BCAC53 #CDC17F #DED7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCAC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC53

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC53	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)

#BAA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c486',
    500: '#bcac53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac53;
$custom-light: #d2c486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC53

secondary

#9FA6CC

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC53

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

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