#BCAB6D#BCAB6D

#BCAB6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.084 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB6D
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -2.67, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 34.22, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0067 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.084 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0632, 40.9226, 20.3589)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB6D #6D7EBC

analogous

#BC836D #BCAB6D #A5BC6D

triadic

#BCAB6D #6DBCAB #AB6DBC

tetradic

#BCAB6D #6DBC83 #6D7EBC #BC6DA5

square

#BCAB6D #6DBC83 #6D7EBC #BC6DA5

split-complementary

#BCAB6D #6DA5BC #836DBC

monochromatic

#786A37 #A28F4A #BCAB6D #CFC397 #E3DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAB6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCAB6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB6D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB6D	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.084 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c397',
    500: '#bcab6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab6d;
$custom-light: #d1c397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB6D

secondary

#B3B9D2

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB6D

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

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