#BCAD4C#BCAD4C

#BCAD4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4C
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.71, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 51.12, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0219 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9885, 41.1018, 12.8212)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4C #4C5BBC

analogous

#BC754C #BCAD4C #93BC4C

triadic

#BCAD4C #4CBCAD #AD4CBC

tetradic

#BCAD4C #4CBC75 #4C5BBC #BC4C93

square

#BCAD4C #4CBC75 #4C5BBC #BC4C93

split-complementary

#BCAD4C #4C93BC #754CBC

monochromatic

#675E27 #948737 #BCAD4C #CDC179 #DDD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4C

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4C	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)

#BCA842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c582',
    500: '#bcad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4c;
$custom-light: #d3c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4C

secondary

#99A0CA

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4C

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

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