#BCAF57#BCAF57

#BCAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF57
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -6.90, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 46.73, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0211 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.111 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.7905, 42.0408, 15.1390)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF57 #5764BC

analogous

#BC7D57 #BCAF57 #97BC57

triadic

#BCAF57 #57BCAF #AF57BC

tetradic

#BCAF57 #57BC7D #5764BC #BC5797

square

#BCAF57 #57BC7D #5764BC #BC5797

split-complementary

#BCAF57 #5797BC #7D57BC

monochromatic

#6D652C #998D3D #BCAF57 #CDC483 #DFD9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF57

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF57	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c689',
    500: '#bcaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf57;
$custom-light: #d2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.42039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF57

secondary

#A2A7CD

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF57

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

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