#BCAF51#BCAF51

#BCAF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF51
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -7.38, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 49.56, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0232 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5555, 41.9468, 13.9013)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF51 #515EBC

analogous

#BC7951 #BCAF51 #94BC51

triadic

#BCAF51 #51BCAF #AF51BC

tetradic

#BCAF51 #51BC79 #515EBC #BC5194

square

#BCAF51 #51BC79 #515EBC #BC5194

split-complementary

#BCAF51 #5194BC #7951BC

monochromatic

#6A6229 #968B3A #BCAF51 #CDC37D #DED8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF51

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF51	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)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c685',
    500: '#bcaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf51;
$custom-light: #d3c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74603,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF51

secondary

#9DA3CC

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF51

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

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