#BCAB5A#BCAB5A

#BCAB5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB5A
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -4.53, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 43.75, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.014 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.104 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1486, 40.5568, 15.5423)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB5A #5A6BBC

analogous

#BC7A5A #BCAB5A #9CBC5A

triadic

#BCAB5A #5ABCAB #AB5ABC

tetradic

#BCAB5A #5ABC7A #5A6BBC #BC5A9C

square

#BCAB5A #5ABC7A #5A6BBC #BC5A9C

split-complementary

#BCAB5A #5A9CBC #7A5ABC

monochromatic

#6F632D #9A8A3F #BCAB5A #CEC186 #DFD7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCAB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB5A

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB5A	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38b',
    500: '#bcab5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab5a;
$custom-light: #d2c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB5A

secondary

#A4ABCE

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB5A

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

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