#BCAB73#BCAB73

#BCAB73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB73
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -2.00, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 31.14, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0043 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.077 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3973, 41.0563, 22.1184)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB73 #7384BC

analogous

#BC8773 #BCAB73 #A9BC73

triadic

#BCAB73 #73BCAB #AB73BC

tetradic

#BCAB73 #73BC87 #7384BC #BC73A9

square

#BCAB73 #73BC87 #7384BC #BC73A9

split-complementary

#BCAB73 #73A9BC #8773BC

monochromatic

#7A6B3A #A4904E #BCAB73 #D0C49C #E4DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB73

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB73	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39c',
    500: '#bcab73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab73;
$custom-light: #d1c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB73

secondary

#B7BED4

accent

#76CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB73

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

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