#BCAE61#BCAE61

#BCAE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE61
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -5.48, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 41.45, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.016 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.1 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0338, 41.8279, 17.3771)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE61 #616FBC

analogous

#BC8061 #BCAE61 #9CBC61

triadic

#BCAE61 #61BCAE #AE61BC

tetradic

#BCAE61 #61BC80 #616FBC #BC619C

square

#BCAE61 #61BC80 #616FBC #BC619C

split-complementary

#BCAE61 #619CBC #8061BC

monochromatic

#726830 #9D8F43 #BCAE61 #CEC48C #E0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE61

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE61	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68f',
    500: '#bcae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae61;
$custom-light: #d2c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE61

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#6AD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE61

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

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