#BCAB4D#BCAB4D

#BCAB4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4D
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -5.58, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 49.93, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0185 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.116 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6429, 40.3545, 12.8788)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4D #4D5EBC

analogous

#BC744D #BCAB4D #96BC4D

triadic

#BCAB4D #4DBCAB #AB4DBC

tetradic

#BCAB4D #4DBC74 #4D5EBC #BC4D96

square

#BCAB4D #4DBC74 #4D5EBC #BC4D96

split-complementary

#BCAB4D #4D96BC #744DBC

monochromatic

#685E27 #948638 #BCAB4D #CDC079 #DDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCAB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4D	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)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c382',
    500: '#bcab4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4d;
$custom-light: #d3c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4D

secondary

#9AA2CB

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4D

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

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