#BCAD76#BCAD76

#BCAD76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.075 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD76
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 118)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -2.71, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 30.36, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0061 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.075 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9533, 41.8877, 23.1692)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD76 #7685BC

analogous

#BC8A76 #BCAD76 #A8BC76

triadic

#BCAD76 #76BCAD #AD76BC

tetradic

#BCAD76 #76BC8A #7685BC #BC76A8

square

#BCAD76 #76BC8A #7685BC #BC76A8

split-complementary

#BCAD76 #76A8BC #8A76BC

monochromatic

#7B6E3C #A49250 #BCAD76 #D0C69F #E4DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCAD76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD76

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD76	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.075 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59e',
    500: '#bcad76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad76;
$custom-light: #d1c59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD76

secondary

#B9BFD4

accent

#75CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD76

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

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