#BCAD71#BCAD71

#BCAD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.081 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD71
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -3.29, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 32.94, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0082 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.081 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6640, 41.7720, 21.6457)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD71 #7180BC

analogous

#BC8871 #BCAD71 #A6BC71

triadic

#BCAD71 #71BCAD #AD71BC

tetradic

#BCAD71 #71BC88 #7180BC #BC71A6

square

#BCAD71 #71BC88 #7180BC #BC71A6

split-complementary

#BCAD71 #71A6BC #8871BC

monochromatic

#796D39 #A3924D #BCAD71 #D0C59B #E3DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD71

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD71	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.081 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59a',
    500: '#bcad71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad71;
$custom-light: #d1c59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD71

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#72CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD71

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

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