#BCAF61#BCAF61

#BCAF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF61
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -6.01, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 41.85, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0175 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(38.2277, 42.2157, 17.4417)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF61 #616EBC

analogous

#BC8161 #BCAF61 #9BBC61

triadic

#BCAF61 #61BCAF #AF61BC

tetradic

#BCAF61 #61BC81 #616EBC #BC619B

square

#BCAF61 #61BC81 #616EBC #BC619B

split-complementary

#BCAF61 #619BBC #8161BC

monochromatic

#726930 #9D9043 #BCAF61 #CEC58C #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCAF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF61

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF61	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68f',
    500: '#bcaf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf61;
$custom-light: #d2c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF61

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#69D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF61

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

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