#BCAF21#BCAF21

#BCAF21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.149 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF21
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -9.92, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 67.78, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0353 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.149 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3452, 41.4627, 7.5272)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF21 #212EBC

analogous

#BC6121 #BCAF21 #7BBC21

triadic

#BCAF21 #21BCAF #AF21BC

tetradic

#BCAF21 #21BC61 #212EBC #BC217B

square

#BCAF21 #21BC61 #212EBC #BC217B

split-complementary

#BCAF21 #217BBC #6121BC

monochromatic

#544E0F #887F18 #BCAF21 #DDD03D #E6DC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAF21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAF21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF21

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF21	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.149 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c66b',
    500: '#bcaf21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf21;
$custom-light: #d4c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.968,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF21

secondary

#6C74CD

accent

#4AED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF21

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

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