#BCAF55#BCAF55

#BCAF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF55
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -7.07, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 47.68, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0218 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7099, 42.0086, 14.7146)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF55 #5562BC

analogous

#BC7B55 #BCAF55 #95BC55

triadic

#BCAF55 #55BCAF #AF55BC

tetradic

#BCAF55 #55BC7B #5562BC #BC5595

square

#BCAF55 #55BC7B #5562BC #BC5595

split-complementary

#BCAF55 #5595BC #7B55BC

monochromatic

#6C642B #988C3C #BCAF55 #CDC481 #DFD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF55

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF55	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)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c687',
    500: '#bcaf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf55;
$custom-light: #d2c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF55

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF55

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

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