#BCAD4B#BCAD4B

#BCAD4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4B
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -6.78, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 51.57, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0222 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9540, 41.0880, 12.6395)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4B #4B5ABC

analogous

#BC754B #BCAD4B #93BC4B

triadic

#BCAD4B #4BBCAD #AD4BBC

tetradic

#BCAD4B #4BBC75 #4B5ABC #BC4B93

square

#BCAD4B #4BBC75 #4B5ABC #BC4B93

split-complementary

#BCAD4B #4B93BC #754BBC

monochromatic

#665E26 #938737 #BCAD4B #CDC178 #DDD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4B	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)

#BCA840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c581',
    500: '#bcad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4b;
$custom-light: #d3c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74111,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4B

secondary

#999FCA

accent

#64D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4B

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

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