#BCAF62#BCAF62

#BCAF62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF62
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -5.91, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 41.35, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0171 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2747, 42.2345, 17.6888)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF62 #626FBC

analogous

#BC8262 #BCAF62 #9CBC62

triadic

#BCAF62 #62BCAF #AF62BC

tetradic

#BCAF62 #62BC82 #626FBC #BC629C

square

#BCAF62 #62BC82 #626FBC #BC629C

split-complementary

#BCAF62 #629CBC #8262BC

monochromatic

#736931 #9E9143 #BCAF62 #CEC58D #E1DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAF62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCAF62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF62

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF62	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c690',
    500: '#bcaf62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf62;
$custom-light: #d2c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF62

secondary

#AAB0CF

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF62

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

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