#BCAB5D#BCAB5D

#BCAB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB5D
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -4.27, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 42.28, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0129 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2789, 40.6089, 16.2284)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB5D #5D6EBC

analogous

#BC7B5D #BCAB5D #9EBC5D

triadic

#BCAB5D #5DBCAB #AB5DBC

tetradic

#BCAB5D #5DBC7B #5D6EBC #BC5D9E

square

#BCAB5D #5DBC7B #5D6EBC #BC5D9E

split-complementary

#BCAB5D #5D9EBC #7B5DBC

monochromatic

#70642E #9B8B40 #BCAB5D #CEC188 #E0D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCAB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB5D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB5D	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38d',
    500: '#bcab5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab5d;
$custom-light: #d2c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB5D

secondary

#A6AECE

accent

#6CD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB5D

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

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