#BCAD5B#BCAD5B

#BCAD5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD5B
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -5.50, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 44.02, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0167 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.105 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5721, 41.3352, 15.8949)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD5B #5B6ABC

analogous

#BC7D5B #BCAD5B #9ABC5B

triadic

#BCAD5B #5BBCAD #AD5BBC

tetradic

#BCAD5B #5BBC7D #5B6ABC #BC5B9A

square

#BCAD5B #5BBC7D #5B6ABC #BC5B9A

split-complementary

#BCAD5B #5B9ABC #7D5BBC

monochromatic

#6F652D #9B8C3F #BCAD5B #CEC386 #E0D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD5B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD5B	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58b',
    500: '#bcad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad5b;
$custom-light: #d2c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.722,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD5B

secondary

#A5ABCE

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD5B

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

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