#BCAD5A#BCAD5A

#BCAD5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD5A
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -5.59, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 44.51, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.017 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.106 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5293, 41.3181, 15.6692)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD5A #5A69BC

analogous

#BC7C5A #BCAD5A #9ABC5A

triadic

#BCAD5A #5ABCAD #AD5ABC

tetradic

#BCAD5A #5ABC7C #5A69BC #BC5A9A

square

#BCAD5A #5ABC7C #5A69BC #BC5A9A

split-complementary

#BCAD5A #5A9ABC #7C5ABC

monochromatic

#6F652D #9A8C3F #BCAD5A #CEC386 #DFD8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD5A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD5A	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58b',
    500: '#bcad5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad5a;
$custom-light: #d2c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7429,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD5A

secondary

#A4ABCE

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD5A

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

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