#BCAF33#BCAF33

#BCAF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF33
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -9.24, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 62.13, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0318 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6682, 41.5919, 9.2279)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF33 #3340BC

analogous

#BC6B33 #BCAF33 #84BC33

triadic

#BCAF33 #33BCAF #AF33BC

tetradic

#BCAF33 #33BC6B #3340BC #BC3384

square

#BCAF33 #33BC6B #3340BC #BC3384

split-complementary

#BCAF33 #3384BC #6B33BC

monochromatic

#5C5519 #8C8226 #BCAF33 #D2C75A #DFD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF33

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF33	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c673',
    500: '#bcaf33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf33;
$custom-light: #d4c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF33

secondary

#8188C9

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF33

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

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