#BCAC74#BCAC74

#BCAC74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.076 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC74
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -2.41, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 31.01, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0054 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.076 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6447, 41.4586, 22.4863)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC74 #7484BC

analogous

#BC8874 #BCAC74 #A8BC74

triadic

#BCAC74 #74BCAC #AC74BC

tetradic

#BCAC74 #74BC88 #7484BC #BC74A8

square

#BCAC74 #74BC88 #7484BC #BC74A8

split-complementary

#BCAC74 #74A8BC #8874BC

monochromatic

#7B6C3B #A4914F #BCAC74 #D0C59D #E4DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC74

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC74	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.076 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c49c',
    500: '#bcac74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac74;
$custom-light: #d1c49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.07645,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC74

secondary

#B8BED4

accent

#75CB5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC74

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

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