#BCAB65#BCAB65

#BCAB65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB65
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -3.50, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 38.29, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0098 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.092 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6520, 40.7582, 18.1932)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB65 #6576BC

analogous

#BC8065 #BCAB65 #A2BC65

triadic

#BCAB65 #65BCAB #AB65BC

tetradic

#BCAB65 #65BC80 #6576BC #BC65A2

square

#BCAB65 #65BC80 #6576BC #BC65A2

split-complementary

#BCAB65 #65A2BC #8065BC

monochromatic

#746733 #9F8D45 #BCAB65 #CFC290 #E1DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BCAB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB65

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB65	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c392',
    500: '#bcab65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab65;
$custom-light: #d2c392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74025,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB65

secondary

#ADB4D0

accent

#70CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB65

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

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