#BCAD5E#BCAD5E

#BCAD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD5E
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -5.23, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 42.55, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0156 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.102 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7041, 41.3880, 16.5901)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD5E #5E6DBC

analogous

#BC7E5E #BCAD5E #9CBC5E

triadic

#BCAD5E #5EBCAD #AD5EBC

tetradic

#BCAD5E #5EBC7E #5E6DBC #BC5E9C

square

#BCAD5E #5EBC7E #5E6DBC #BC5E9C

split-complementary

#BCAD5E #5E9CBC #7E5EBC

monochromatic

#71662F #9C8D41 #BCAD5E #CEC389 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD5E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD5E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58d',
    500: '#bcad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad5e;
$custom-light: #d2c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD5E

secondary

#A7AECF

accent

#6AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD5E

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

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