#BCAC57#BCAC57

#BCAC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC57
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -5.32, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 45.58, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0166 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.108 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2131, 40.8860, 14.9466)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC57 #5767BC

analogous

#BC7A57 #BCAC57 #9ABC57

triadic

#BCAC57 #57BCAC #AC57BC

tetradic

#BCAC57 #57BC7A #5767BC #BC579A

square

#BCAC57 #57BC7A #5767BC #BC579A

split-complementary

#BCAC57 #579ABC #7A57BC

monochromatic

#6D632C #998A3D #BCAC57 #CDC283 #DFD7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC57

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC57	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c489',
    500: '#bcac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac57;
$custom-light: #d2c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC57

secondary

#A2A9CD

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC57

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

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