#BCAF81#BCAF81

#BCAF81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.064 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF81
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -2.41, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 25.44, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0047 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.064 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0319, 42.9374, 26.9436)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF81 #818EBC

analogous

#BC9281 #BCAF81 #ABBC81

triadic

#BCAF81 #81BCAF #AF81BC

tetradic

#BCAF81 #81BC92 #818EBC #BC81AB

square

#BCAF81 #81BC92 #818EBC #BC81AB

split-complementary

#BCAF81 #81ABBC #9281BC

monochromatic

#7F7244 #A79659 #BCAF81 #D1C8A9 #E6E2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCAF81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCAF81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF81

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF81	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.064 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a6',
    500: '#bcaf81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf81;
$custom-light: #d1c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.06368,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF81

secondary

#C2C6D7

accent

#54A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF81

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

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