#BCAD69#BCAD69

#BCAD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.090 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD69
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -4.16, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 37.04, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0114 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.09 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2334, 41.5997, 19.3774)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD69 #6978BC

analogous

#BC8469 #BCAD69 #A1BC69

triadic

#BCAD69 #69BCAD #AD69BC

tetradic

#BCAD69 #69BC84 #6978BC #BC69A1

square

#BCAD69 #69BC84 #6978BC #BC69A1

split-complementary

#BCAD69 #69A1BC #8469BC

monochromatic

#766A35 #A09048 #BCAD69 #CFC493 #E2DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD69

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD69	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)

#B9AA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.090 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c595',
    500: '#bcad69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad69;
$custom-light: #d2c595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74508,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD69

secondary

#B0B6D1

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD69

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

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