#BCAF56#BCAF56

#BCAF56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF56
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -6.98, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 47.20, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0215 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7500, 42.0246, 14.9254)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF56 #5663BC

analogous

#BC7C56 #BCAF56 #96BC56

triadic

#BCAF56 #56BCAF #AF56BC

tetradic

#BCAF56 #56BC7C #5663BC #BC5696

square

#BCAF56 #56BC7C #5663BC #BC5696

split-complementary

#BCAF56 #5696BC #7C56BC

monochromatic

#6D642B #988D3C #BCAF56 #CDC482 #DFD8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF56

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF56	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c688',
    500: '#bcaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf56;
$custom-light: #d2c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF56

secondary

#A1A7CD

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF56

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

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