#BCAF66#BCAF66

#BCAF66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.095 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF66
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -5.52, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 39.35, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0156 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.095 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4683, 42.3119, 18.7085)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF66 #6673BC

analogous

#BC8466 #BCAF66 #9EBC66

triadic

#BCAF66 #66BCAF #AF66BC

tetradic

#BCAF66 #66BC84 #6673BC #BC669E

square

#BCAF66 #66BC84 #6673BC #BC669E

split-complementary

#BCAF66 #669EBC #8466BC

monochromatic

#756B33 #9F9246 #BCAF66 #CFC591 #E1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAF66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCAF66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF66

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF66	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)

#BCAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.095 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c693',
    500: '#bcaf66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf66;
$custom-light: #d2c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74884,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF66

secondary

#ADB3D0

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF66

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

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