#BCAD74#BCAD74

#BCAD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.077 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD74
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -2.95, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 31.40, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0069 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.077 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8357, 41.8407, 22.5499)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD74 #7483BC

analogous

#BC8974 #BCAD74 #A7BC74

triadic

#BCAD74 #74BCAD #AD74BC

tetradic

#BCAD74 #74BC89 #7483BC #BC74A7

square

#BCAD74 #74BC89 #7483BC #BC74A7

split-complementary

#BCAD74 #74A7BC #8974BC

monochromatic

#7B6D3B #A4924F #BCAD74 #D0C59D #E4DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD74

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD74	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.077 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59c',
    500: '#bcad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad74;
$custom-light: #d1c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD74

secondary

#B8BED4

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD74

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

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