#BCAD68#BCAD68

#BCAD68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.091 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD68
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -4.26, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 37.54, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0117 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.091 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1823, 41.5793, 19.1083)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD68 #6877BC

analogous

#BC8368 #BCAD68 #A1BC68

triadic

#BCAD68 #68BCAD #AD68BC

tetradic

#BCAD68 #68BC83 #6877BC #BC68A1

square

#BCAD68 #68BC83 #6877BC #BC68A1

split-complementary

#BCAD68 #68A1BC #8368BC

monochromatic

#756A34 #A09047 #BCAD68 #CFC492 #E2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD68

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD68	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.091 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c594',
    500: '#bcad68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad68;
$custom-light: #d2c594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74493,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD68

secondary

#AFB5D1

accent

#6ECE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD68

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

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