#BCAB4C#BCAB4C

#BCAB4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4C
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -5.66, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 50.39, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0188 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6079, 40.3405, 12.6943)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4C #4C5DBC

analogous

#BC734C #BCAB4C #95BC4C

triadic

#BCAB4C #4CBCAB #AB4CBC

tetradic

#BCAB4C #4CBC73 #4C5DBC #BC4C95

square

#BCAB4C #4CBC73 #4C5DBC #BC4C95

split-complementary

#BCAB4C #4C95BC #734CBC

monochromatic

#675D27 #948637 #BCAB4C #CDC079 #DDD5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCAB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4C	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)

#BAA742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c381',
    500: '#bcab4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4c;
$custom-light: #d3c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4C

secondary

#99A1CA

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4C

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

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