#BCAF58#BCAF58

#BCAF58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF58
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -6.82, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 46.25, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0208 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.11 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8317, 42.0573, 15.3557)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF58 #5865BC

analogous

#BC7D58 #BCAF58 #97BC58

triadic

#BCAF58 #58BCAF #AF58BC

tetradic

#BCAF58 #58BC7D #5865BC #BC5897

square

#BCAF58 #58BC7D #5865BC #BC5897

split-complementary

#BCAF58 #5897BC #7D58BC

monochromatic

#6E652C #998D3E #BCAF58 #CEC484 #DFD9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCAF58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF58

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF58	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)

#BDAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c689',
    500: '#bcaf58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf58;
$custom-light: #d2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF58

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF58

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

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