#BCAD4F#BCAD4F

#BCAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4F
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -6.49, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 49.74, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0209 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0952, 41.1445, 13.3833)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4F #4F5EBC

analogous

#BC764F #BCAD4F #95BC4F

triadic

#BCAD4F #4FBCAD #AD4FBC

tetradic

#BCAD4F #4FBC76 #4F5EBC #BC4F95

square

#BCAD4F #4FBC76 #4F5EBC #BC4F95

split-complementary

#BCAD4F #4F95BC #764FBC

monochromatic

#696028 #958839 #BCAD4F #CDC27B #DED6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4F	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)

#BCA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bcad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4f;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4F

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4F

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

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