#BCAA73#BCAA73

#BCAA73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA73
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -1.46, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 30.77, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0027 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.076 92)
XYZ	xyz(38.2091, 40.6799, 22.0556)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA73 #7385BC

analogous

#BC8573 #BCAA73 #AABC73

triadic

#BCAA73 #73BCAA #AA73BC

tetradic

#BCAA73 #73BC85 #7385BC #BC73AA

square

#BCAA73 #73BC85 #7385BC #BC73AA

split-complementary

#BCAA73 #73AABC #8573BC

monochromatic

#7A6A3A #A48F4E #BCAA73 #D0C39C #E4DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA73

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA73	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39c',
    500: '#bcaa73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa73;
$custom-light: #d1c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.40679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA73

secondary

#B7BED4

accent

#78CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA73

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

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