#BCAB78#BCAB78

#BCAB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.071 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB78
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -1.41, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 28.56, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0022 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.071 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6928, 41.1745, 23.6749)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB78 #7889BC

analogous

#BC8978 #BCAB78 #ABBC78

triadic

#BCAB78 #78BCAB #AB78BC

tetradic

#BCAB78 #78BC89 #7889BC #BC78AB

square

#BCAB78 #78BC89 #7889BC #BC78AB

split-complementary

#BCAB78 #78ABBC #8978BC

monochromatic

#7C6C3E #A59052 #BCAB78 #D0C4A1 #E5DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCAB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB78

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB78	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.071 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39f',
    500: '#bcab78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab78;
$custom-light: #d1c39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB78

secondary

#BBC1D5

accent

#56AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB78

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

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