#BCAC5B#BCAC5B

#BCAC5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC5B
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -4.97, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 43.64, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0151 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3811, 40.9532, 15.8312)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC5B #5B6BBC

analogous

#BC7C5B #BCAC5B #9CBC5B

triadic

#BCAC5B #5BBCAC #AC5BBC

tetradic

#BCAC5B #5BBC7C #5B6BBC #BC5B9C

square

#BCAC5B #5BBC7C #5B6BBC #BC5B9C

split-complementary

#BCAC5B #5B9CBC #7C5BBC

monochromatic

#6F642D #9B8C3F #BCAC5B #CEC286 #E0D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC5B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC5B	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c48b',
    500: '#bcac5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac5b;
$custom-light: #d2c48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC5B

secondary

#A5ACCE

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC5B

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

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