#BCAF54#BCAF54

#BCAF54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF54
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -7.15, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 48.15, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0222 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6705, 41.9928, 14.5069)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF54 #5461BC

analogous

#BC7B54 #BCAF54 #95BC54

triadic

#BCAF54 #54BCAF #AF54BC

tetradic

#BCAF54 #54BC7B #5461BC #BC5495

square

#BCAF54 #54BC7B #5461BC #BC5495

split-complementary

#BCAF54 #5495BC #7B54BC

monochromatic

#6B632A #978C3B #BCAF54 #CDC480 #DED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAF54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF54

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF54	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#BDAA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c687',
    500: '#bcaf54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf54;
$custom-light: #d2c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF54

secondary

#A0A5CC

accent

#64D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF54

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

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