#BCAD80#BCAD80

#BCAD80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.063 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD80
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 128)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -1.48, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 25.17, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.002 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.063 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5794, 42.1381, 26.4664)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD80 #808FBC

analogous

#BC8F80 #BCAD80 #ADBC80

triadic

#BCAD80 #80BCAD #AD80BC

tetradic

#BCAD80 #80BC8F #808FBC #BC80AD

square

#BCAD80 #80BC8F #808FBC #BC80AD

split-complementary

#BCAD80 #80ADBC #8F80BC

monochromatic

#7F7043 #A79358 #BCAD80 #D1C7A8 #E6E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD80

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD80	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.063 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5a5',
    500: '#bcad80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad80;
$custom-light: #d1c5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD80

secondary

#C1C6D7

accent

#57AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD80

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

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