#BCAF50#BCAF50

#BCAF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF50
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -7.46, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 50.02, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0235 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5183, 41.9319, 13.7052)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF50 #505DBC

analogous

#BC7950 #BCAF50 #93BC50

triadic

#BCAF50 #50BCAF #AF50BC

tetradic

#BCAF50 #50BC79 #505DBC #BC5093

square

#BCAF50 #50BC79 #505DBC #BC5093

split-complementary

#BCAF50 #5093BC #7950BC

monochromatic

#696128 #968A39 #BCAF50 #CDC37C #DED7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF50

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF50	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c684',
    500: '#bcaf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf50;
$custom-light: #d3c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF50

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#63D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF50

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

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