#BCAF35#BCAF35

#BCAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF35
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -9.14, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 61.40, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0314 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7132, 41.6099, 9.4651)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF35 #3542BC

analogous

#BC6B35 #BCAF35 #86BC35

triadic

#BCAF35 #35BCAF #AF35BC

tetradic

#BCAF35 #35BC6B #3542BC #BC3586

square

#BCAF35 #35BC6B #3542BC #BC3586

split-complementary

#BCAF35 #3586BC #6B35BC

monochromatic

#5D561A #8C8328 #BCAF35 #D1C65D #DFD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF35

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF35	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)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c674',
    500: '#bcaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf35;
$custom-light: #d4c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF35

secondary

#848AC9

accent

#57DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF35

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

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