#BCAC79#BCAC79

#BCAC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.071 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC79
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -1.82, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 28.42, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0033 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.071 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9434, 41.5781, 24.0594)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC79 #7989BC

analogous

#BC8A79 #BCAC79 #AABC79

triadic

#BCAC79 #79BCAC #AC79BC

tetradic

#BCAC79 #79BC8A #7989BC #BC79AA

square

#BCAC79 #79BC8A #7989BC #BC79AA

split-complementary

#BCAC79 #79AABC #8A79BC

monochromatic

#7C6E3E #A59153 #BCAC79 #D0C5A2 #E5DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC79

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC79	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.071 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4a0',
    500: '#bcac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac79;
$custom-light: #d1c4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC79

secondary

#BCC2D5

accent

#55AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC79

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

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