#BCAD4E#BCAD4E

#BCAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4E
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -6.56, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 50.20, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0212 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0591, 41.1300, 13.1931)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4E #4E5DBC

analogous

#BC764E #BCAD4E #94BC4E

triadic

#BCAD4E #4EBCAD #AD4EBC

tetradic

#BCAD4E #4EBC76 #4E5DBC #BC4E94

square

#BCAD4E #4EBC76 #4E5DBC #BC4E94

split-complementary

#BCAD4E #4E94BC #764EBC

monochromatic

#685F27 #958838 #BCAD4E #CDC27A #DED6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4E	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BCA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bcad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4e;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4E

secondary

#9BA1CB

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4E

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

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