#BCAD66#BCAD66

#BCAD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.093 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD66
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -4.46, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 38.55, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0125 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.093 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0819, 41.5392, 18.5797)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD66 #6675BC

analogous

#BC8266 #BCAD66 #A0BC66

triadic

#BCAD66 #66BCAD #AD66BC

tetradic

#BCAD66 #66BC82 #6675BC #BC66A0

square

#BCAD66 #66BC82 #6675BC #BC66A0

split-complementary

#BCAD66 #66A0BC #8266BC

monochromatic

#756933 #9F9046 #BCAD66 #CFC491 #E1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCAD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD66

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD66	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.093 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c593',
    500: '#bcad66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad66;
$custom-light: #d2c593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD66

secondary

#ADB3D0

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD66

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

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