#BCAD72#BCAD72

#BCAD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.080 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD72
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -3.18, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 32.43, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0077 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.08 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7207, 41.7947, 21.9438)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD72 #7281BC

analogous

#BC8872 #BCAD72 #A6BC72

triadic

#BCAD72 #72BCAD #AD72BC

tetradic

#BCAD72 #72BC88 #7281BC #BC72A6

square

#BCAD72 #72BC88 #7281BC #BC72A6

split-complementary

#BCAD72 #72A6BC #8872BC

monochromatic

#7A6D3A #A3924E #BCAD72 #D0C59B #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD72

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD72	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.080 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59b',
    500: '#bcad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad72;
$custom-light: #d1c59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD72

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#73CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD72

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

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