#BCAC55#BCAC55

#BCAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC55
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -5.49, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 46.54, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0173 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1325, 40.8538, 14.5222)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC55 #5565BC

analogous

#BC7855 #BCAC55 #98BC55

triadic

#BCAC55 #55BCAC #AC55BC

tetradic

#BCAC55 #55BC78 #5565BC #BC5598

square

#BCAC55 #55BC78 #5565BC #BC5598

split-complementary

#BCAC55 #5598BC #7855BC

monochromatic

#6C622B #988A3C #BCAC55 #CDC181 #DFD7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC55

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC55	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c487',
    500: '#bcac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac55;
$custom-light: #d2c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC55

secondary

#A0A7CC

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC55

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

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