#BCAD77#BCAD77

#BCAD77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD77
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -2.59, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 29.84, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0057 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.074 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0131, 41.9116, 23.4839)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD77 #7786BC

analogous

#BC8B77 #BCAD77 #A8BC77

triadic

#BCAD77 #77BCAD #AD77BC

tetradic

#BCAD77 #77BC8B #7786BC #BC77A8

square

#BCAD77 #77BC8B #7786BC #BC77A8

split-complementary

#BCAD77 #77A8BC #8B77BC

monochromatic

#7C6E3D #A59351 #BCAD77 #D0C6A0 #E4DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCAD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD77

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD77	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)

#B8AA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59f',
    500: '#bcad77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad77;
$custom-light: #d1c59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.07384,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD77

secondary

#BAC0D5

accent

#52AD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD77

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

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