#BCAC61#BCAC61

#BCAC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC61
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -4.42, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 40.68, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0129 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6503, 41.0609, 17.2492)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC61 #6171BC

analogous

#BC7E61 #BCAC61 #9EBC61

triadic

#BCAC61 #61BCAC #AC61BC

tetradic

#BCAC61 #61BC7E #6171BC #BC619E

square

#BCAC61 #61BC7E #6171BC #BC619E

split-complementary

#BCAC61 #619EBC #7E61BC

monochromatic

#726730 #9D8D43 #BCAC61 #CEC38C #E0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC61

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC61	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c48f',
    500: '#bcac61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac61;
$custom-light: #d2c48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74176,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC61

secondary

#AAB0CF

accent

#6DD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC61

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

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