#BCAB74#BCAB74

#BCAB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB74
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -1.88, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 30.63, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0038 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.076 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4551, 41.0794, 22.4231)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB74 #7485BC

analogous

#BC8774 #BCAB74 #A9BC74

triadic

#BCAB74 #74BCAB #AB74BC

tetradic

#BCAB74 #74BC87 #7485BC #BC74A9

square

#BCAB74 #74BC87 #7485BC #BC74A9

split-complementary

#BCAB74 #74A9BC #8774BC

monochromatic

#7B6C3B #A4904F #BCAB74 #D0C49D #E4DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB74

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB74	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39c',
    500: '#bcab74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab74;
$custom-light: #d1c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB74

secondary

#B8BFD4

accent

#77CB5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB74

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

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