#BCAF65#BCAF65

#BCAF65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF65
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.62, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 39.85, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.016 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.096 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4190, 42.2922, 18.4488)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF65 #6572BC

analogous

#BC8465 #BCAF65 #9EBC65

triadic

#BCAF65 #65BCAF #AF65BC

tetradic

#BCAF65 #65BC84 #6572BC #BC659E

square

#BCAF65 #65BC84 #6572BC #BC659E

split-complementary

#BCAF65 #659EBC #8465BC

monochromatic

#746A33 #9F9145 #BCAF65 #CFC590 #E1DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAF65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCAF65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF65

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF65	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c692',
    500: '#bcaf65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf65;
$custom-light: #d2c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF65

secondary

#ADB2D0

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF65

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

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