#BCAD73#BCAD73

#BCAD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.079 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD73
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -3.06, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.91, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0073 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.079 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7779, 41.8176, 22.2452)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD73 #7382BC

analogous

#BC8973 #BCAD73 #A7BC73

triadic

#BCAD73 #73BCAD #AD73BC

tetradic

#BCAD73 #73BC89 #7382BC #BC73A7

square

#BCAD73 #73BC89 #7382BC #BC73A7

split-complementary

#BCAD73 #73A7BC #8973BC

monochromatic

#7A6D3A #A4924E #BCAD73 #D0C59C #E4DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD73

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD73	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)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.079 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59c',
    500: '#bcad73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad73;
$custom-light: #d1c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD73

secondary

#B7BDD4

accent

#73CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD73

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

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