#BCAD65#BCAD65

#BCAD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD65
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -4.56, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 39.06, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0129 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.094 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0326, 41.5194, 18.3201)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD65 #6574BC

analogous

#BC8265 #BCAD65 #A0BC65

triadic

#BCAD65 #65BCAD #AD65BC

tetradic

#BCAD65 #65BC82 #6574BC #BC65A0

square

#BCAD65 #65BC82 #6574BC #BC65A0

split-complementary

#BCAD65 #65A0BC #8265BC

monochromatic

#746933 #9F8F45 #BCAD65 #CFC490 #E1DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCAD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD65

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD65	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c592',
    500: '#bcad65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad65;
$custom-light: #d2c592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD65

secondary

#ADB3D0

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD65

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

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