#BCAD79#BCAD79

#BCAD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.071 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD79
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -2.35, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 28.81, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0049 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.071 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1344, 41.9602, 24.1231)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD79 #7988BC

analogous

#BC8B79 #BCAD79 #A9BC79

triadic

#BCAD79 #79BCAD #AD79BC

tetradic

#BCAD79 #79BC8B #7988BC #BC79A9

square

#BCAD79 #79BC8B #7988BC #BC79A9

split-complementary

#BCAD79 #79A9BC #8B79BC

monochromatic

#7C6E3E #A59353 #BCAD79 #D0C6A2 #E5DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD79

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD79	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)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.071 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5a0',
    500: '#bcad79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad79;
$custom-light: #d1c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD79

secondary

#BCC1D5

accent

#53AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD79

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

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