#BCAB4A#BCAB4A

#BCAB4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4A
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -5.80, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 51.30, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0195 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5394, 40.3131, 12.3338)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4A #4A5BBC

analogous

#BC724A #BCAB4A #94BC4A

triadic

#BCAB4A #4ABCAB #AB4ABC

tetradic

#BCAB4A #4ABC72 #4A5BBC #BC4A94

square

#BCAB4A #4ABC72 #4A5BBC #BC4A94

split-complementary

#BCAB4A #4A94BC #724ABC

monochromatic

#665C26 #938536 #BCAB4A #CDC077 #DDD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCAB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c380',
    500: '#bcab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4a;
$custom-light: #d3c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4A

secondary

#989FCA

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4A

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

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