#BCAD62#BCAD62

#BCAD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD62
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -4.86, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 40.56, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.014 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8883, 41.4617, 17.5600)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD62 #6271BC

analogous

#BC8062 #BCAD62 #9EBC62

triadic

#BCAD62 #62BCAD #AD62BC

tetradic

#BCAD62 #62BC80 #6271BC #BC629E

square

#BCAD62 #62BC80 #6271BC #BC629E

split-complementary

#BCAD62 #629EBC #8062BC

monochromatic

#736831 #9E8F43 #BCAD62 #CEC38D #E1DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD62

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD62	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c590',
    500: '#bcad62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad62;
$custom-light: #d2c590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74401,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD62

secondary

#AAB1CF

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD62

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

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