#BCAB4F#BCAB4F

#BCAB4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB4F
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -5.43, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 49.01, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0178 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.7146, 40.3832, 13.2564)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB4F #4F60BC

analogous

#BC744F #BCAB4F #97BC4F

triadic

#BCAB4F #4FBCAB #AB4FBC

tetradic

#BCAB4F #4FBC74 #4F60BC #BC4F97

square

#BCAB4F #4FBC74 #4F60BC #BC4F97

split-complementary

#BCAB4F #4F97BC #744FBC

monochromatic

#695F28 #958739 #BCAB4F #CDC07B #DED5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BCAB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB4F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB4F	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c383',
    500: '#bcab4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab4f;
$custom-light: #d3c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB4F

secondary

#9CA3CB

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB4F

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

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