#BCAB5B#BCAB5B

#BCAB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB5B
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -4.45, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 43.26, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0136 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.103 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1915, 40.5740, 15.7680)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB5B #5B6CBC

analogous

#BC7B5B #BCAB5B #9CBC5B

triadic

#BCAB5B #5BBCAB #AB5BBC

tetradic

#BCAB5B #5BBC7B #5B6CBC #BC5B9C

square

#BCAB5B #5BBC7B #5B6CBC #BC5B9C

split-complementary

#BCAB5B #5B9CBC #7B5BBC

monochromatic

#6F642D #9B8B3F #BCAB5B #CEC186 #E0D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCAB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB5B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB5B	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)

#B9A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38b',
    500: '#bcab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab5b;
$custom-light: #d2c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73881,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB5B

secondary

#A5ACCE

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB5B

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

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