#BCAF59#BCAF59

#BCAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF59
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -6.73, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 45.77, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0204 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.109 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8734, 42.0739, 15.5753)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF59 #5966BC

analogous

#BC7E59 #BCAF59 #98BC59

triadic

#BCAF59 #59BCAF #AF59BC

tetradic

#BCAF59 #59BC7E #5966BC #BC5998

square

#BCAF59 #59BC7E #5966BC #BC5998

split-complementary

#BCAF59 #5998BC #7E59BC

monochromatic

#6E662C #9A8E3E #BCAF59 #CEC485 #DFD9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF59

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF59	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)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68a',
    500: '#bcaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf59;
$custom-light: #d2c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74701,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF59

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF59

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

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