#BCAB4E#BCAB4E

#BCAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4E
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -5.51, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 49.47, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0182 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.115 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6785, 40.3688, 13.0662)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4E #4E5FBC

analogous

#BC744E #BCAB4E #96BC4E

triadic

#BCAB4E #4EBCAB #AB4EBC

tetradic

#BCAB4E #4EBC74 #4E5FBC #BC4E96

square

#BCAB4E #4EBC74 #4E5FBC #BC4E96

split-complementary

#BCAB4E #4E96BC #744EBC

monochromatic

#685E27 #958638 #BCAB4E #CDC07A #DED5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4E	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bcab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4e;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4E

secondary

#9BA2CB

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4E

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

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