#BCAD78#BCAD78

#BCAD78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD78
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -2.47, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 29.33, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0053 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.073 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0734, 41.9358, 23.8018)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD78 #7887BC

analogous

#BC8B78 #BCAD78 #A9BC78

triadic

#BCAD78 #78BCAD #AD78BC

tetradic

#BCAD78 #78BC8B #7887BC #BC78A9

square

#BCAD78 #78BC8B #7887BC #BC78A9

split-complementary

#BCAD78 #78A9BC #8B78BC

monochromatic

#7C6E3E #A59352 #BCAD78 #D0C6A1 #E5DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD78

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD78	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59f',
    500: '#bcad78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad78;
$custom-light: #d1c59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.07266,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD78

secondary

#BBC1D5

accent

#52AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD78

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

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