#BCAB64#BCAB64

#BCAB64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.094 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB64
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 100)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -3.60, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 38.79, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0102 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.094 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6033, 40.7387, 17.9367)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB64 #6475BC

analogous

#BC7F64 #BCAB64 #A1BC64

triadic

#BCAB64 #64BCAB #AB64BC

tetradic

#BCAB64 #64BC7F #6475BC #BC64A1

square

#BCAB64 #64BC7F #6475BC #BC64A1

split-complementary

#BCAB64 #64A1BC #7F64BC

monochromatic

#746732 #9E8D44 #BCAB64 #CEC28F #E1D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BCAB64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB64

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB64	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.094 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c391',
    500: '#bcab64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab64;
$custom-light: #d2c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB64

secondary

#ACB3D0

accent

#6FD058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB64

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

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