#BCAB5F#BCAB5F

#BCAB5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB5F
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -4.08, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 41.29, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0121 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.099 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3687, 40.6448, 16.7011)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB5F #5F70BC

analogous

#BC7C5F #BCAB5F #9EBC5F

triadic

#BCAB5F #5FBCAB #AB5FBC

tetradic

#BCAB5F #5FBC7C #5F70BC #BC5F9E

square

#BCAB5F #5FBC7C #5F70BC #BC5F9E

split-complementary

#BCAB5F #5F9EBC #7C5FBC

monochromatic

#71652F #9C8C41 #BCAB5F #CEC28A #E0D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCAB5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB5F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB5F	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38e',
    500: '#bcab5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab5f;
$custom-light: #d2c38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73936,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB5F

secondary

#A8AFCF

accent

#6DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB5F

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

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