#BCAB61#BCAB61

#BCAB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB61
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -3.89, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 40.30, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0114 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.097 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4607, 40.6817, 17.1860)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB61 #6172BC

analogous

#BC7D61 #BCAB61 #9FBC61

triadic

#BCAB61 #61BCAB #AB61BC

tetradic

#BCAB61 #61BC7D #6172BC #BC619F

square

#BCAB61 #61BC7D #6172BC #BC619F

split-complementary

#BCAB61 #619FBC #7D61BC

monochromatic

#726630 #9D8C43 #BCAB61 #CEC28C #E0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB61

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB61	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38f',
    500: '#bcab61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab61;
$custom-light: #d2c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB61

secondary

#AAB1CF

accent

#6ED057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB61

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

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