#BCAA72#BCAA72

#BCAA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.077 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA72
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -1.58, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 31.28, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0031 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.077 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1518, 40.6570, 21.7542)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA72 #7284BC

analogous

#BC8572 #BCAA72 #A9BC72

triadic

#BCAA72 #72BCAA #AA72BC

tetradic

#BCAA72 #72BC85 #7284BC #BC72A9

square

#BCAA72 #72BC85 #7284BC #BC72A9

split-complementary

#BCAA72 #72A9BC #8572BC

monochromatic

#7A6A3A #A38E4E #BCAA72 #D0C39B #E3DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA72

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA72	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.077 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39b',
    500: '#bcaa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa72;
$custom-light: #d1c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA72

secondary

#B6BDD3

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA72

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

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