#BCAB56#BCAB56

#BCAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB56
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -4.88, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 45.69, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0154 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.108 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9829, 40.4906, 14.6697)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB56 #5667BC

analogous

#BC7856 #BCAB56 #9ABC56

triadic

#BCAB56 #56BCAB #AB56BC

tetradic

#BCAB56 #56BC78 #5667BC #BC569A

square

#BCAB56 #56BC78 #5667BC #BC569A

split-complementary

#BCAB56 #569ABC #7856BC

monochromatic

#6D622B #98893C #BCAB56 #CDC182 #DFD7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB56

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB56	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c388',
    500: '#bcab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab56;
$custom-light: #d2c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB56

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#6AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB56

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

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