#BCAD5D#BCAD5D

#BCAD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD5D
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -5.32, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 43.04, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0159 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6595, 41.3702, 16.3553)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD5D #5D6CBC

analogous

#BC7D5D #BCAD5D #9CBC5D

triadic

#BCAD5D #5DBCAD #AD5DBC

tetradic

#BCAD5D #5DBC7D #5D6CBC #BC5D9C

square

#BCAD5D #5DBC7D #5D6CBC #BC5D9C

split-complementary

#BCAD5D #5D9CBC #7D5DBC

monochromatic

#70662E #9B8D40 #BCAD5D #CEC388 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD5D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD5D	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BBA956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58d',
    500: '#bcad5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad5d;
$custom-light: #d2c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD5D

secondary

#A6ADCE

accent

#6AD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD5D

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

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