#BCAF53#BCAF53

#BCAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF53
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -7.23, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 48.62, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0225 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6316, 41.9772, 14.3021)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF53 #5360BC

analogous

#BC7A53 #BCAF53 #95BC53

triadic

#BCAF53 #53BCAF #AF53BC

tetradic

#BCAF53 #53BC7A #5360BC #BC5395

square

#BCAF53 #53BC7A #5360BC #BC5395

split-complementary

#BCAF53 #5395BC #7A53BC

monochromatic

#6B632A #978C3B #BCAF53 #CDC37F #DED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF53

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF53	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c686',
    500: '#bcaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf53;
$custom-light: #d2c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF53

secondary

#9FA4CC

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF53

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

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