#BCAC59#BCAC59

#BCAC59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC59
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -5.15, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 44.61, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0159 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2960, 40.9191, 15.3829)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC59 #5969BC

analogous

#BC7B59 #BCAC59 #9BBC59

triadic

#BCAC59 #59BCAC #AC59BC

tetradic

#BCAC59 #59BC7B #5969BC #BC599B

square

#BCAC59 #59BC7B #5969BC #BC599B

split-complementary

#BCAC59 #599BBC #7B59BC

monochromatic

#6E642C #9A8B3E #BCAC59 #CEC285 #DFD8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC59

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC59	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)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c48a',
    500: '#bcac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac59;
$custom-light: #d2c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC59

secondary

#A3AACD

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC59

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

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