#BCAD5F#BCAD5F

#BCAD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD5F
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -5.14, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 42.05, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0152 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.101 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7493, 41.4061, 16.8280)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD5F #5F6EBC

analogous

#BC7F5F #BCAD5F #9CBC5F

triadic

#BCAD5F #5FBCAD #AD5FBC

tetradic

#BCAD5F #5FBC7F #5F6EBC #BC5F9C

square

#BCAD5F #5FBC7F #5F6EBC #BC5F9C

split-complementary

#BCAD5F #5F9CBC #7F5FBC

monochromatic

#71672F #9C8E41 #BCAD5F #CEC38A #E0D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD5F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD5F	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)

#BAA958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58e',
    500: '#bcad5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad5f;
$custom-light: #d2c58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD5F

secondary

#A8AECF

accent

#6BD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD5F

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

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