#BCAF23#BCAF23

#BCAF23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.148 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF23
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -9.86, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 67.25, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.035 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.148 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3741, 41.4742, 7.6791)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF23 #2330BC

analogous

#BC6223 #BCAF23 #7CBC23

triadic

#BCAF23 #23BCAF #AF23BC

tetradic

#BCAF23 #23BC62 #2330BC #BC237C

square

#BCAF23 #23BC62 #2330BC #BC237C

split-complementary

#BCAF23 #237CBC #6223BC

monochromatic

#554F10 #887F19 #BCAF23 #DCCE41 #E5DC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAF23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAF23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF23

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF23	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)

#C4AF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.148 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c66c',
    500: '#bcaf23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf23;
$custom-light: #d4c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF23

secondary

#6F76CC

accent

#4BEB3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF23

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

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