#BCA661#BCA661

#BCA661 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.092 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA661
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -1.23, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 38.49, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0036 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.092 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5341, 38.8284, 16.8772)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA661 #6177BC

analogous

#BC7861 #BCA661 #A4BC61

triadic

#BCA661 #61BCA6 #A661BC

tetradic

#BCA661 #61BC78 #6177BC #BC61A4

square

#BCA661 #61BC78 #6177BC #BC61A4

split-complementary

#BCA661 #61A4BC #7861BC

monochromatic

#726230 #9D8743 #BCA661 #CEBE8C #E0D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA661

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA661	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.092 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08f',
    500: '#bca661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca661;
$custom-light: #d2c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.495,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA661

secondary

#AAB3CF

accent

#75D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA661

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

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