#BCAF52#BCAF52

#BCAF52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF52
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -7.31, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 49.09, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0229 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5933, 41.9619, 14.1002)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF52 #525FBC

analogous

#BC7A52 #BCAF52 #94BC52

triadic

#BCAF52 #52BCAF #AF52BC

tetradic

#BCAF52 #52BC7A #525FBC #BC5294

square

#BCAF52 #52BC7A #525FBC #BC5294

split-complementary

#BCAF52 #5294BC #7A52BC

monochromatic

#6A6229 #978B3A #BCAF52 #CDC37E #DED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF52

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF52	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)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c686',
    500: '#bcaf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf52;
$custom-light: #d3c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74615,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF52

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF52

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

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