#BCAB4B#BCAB4B

#BCAB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4B
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -5.73, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 50.85, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0192 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5734, 40.3267, 12.5126)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4B #4B5CBC

analogous

#BC734B #BCAB4B #95BC4B

triadic

#BCAB4B #4BBCAB #AB4BBC

tetradic

#BCAB4B #4BBC73 #4B5CBC #BC4B95

square

#BCAB4B #4BBC73 #4B5CBC #BC4B95

split-complementary

#BCAB4B #4B95BC #734BBC

monochromatic

#665D26 #938537 #BCAB4B #CDC078 #DDD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCAB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4B

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4B	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c381',
    500: '#bcab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4b;
$custom-light: #d3c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73686,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4B

secondary

#99A0CA

accent

#66D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4B

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

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