#BCAD61#BCAD61

#BCAD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD61
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -4.95, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 41.06, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0144 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.099 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8414, 41.4429, 17.3129)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD61 #6170BC

analogous

#BC7F61 #BCAD61 #9DBC61

triadic

#BCAD61 #61BCAD #AD61BC

tetradic

#BCAD61 #61BC7F #6170BC #BC619D

square

#BCAD61 #61BC7F #6170BC #BC619D

split-complementary

#BCAD61 #619DBC #7F61BC

monochromatic

#726730 #9D8E43 #BCAD61 #CEC38C #E0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD61

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD61	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58f',
    500: '#bcad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad61;
$custom-light: #d2c58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD61

secondary

#AAB0CF

accent

#6BD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD61

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

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