#BCAF36#BCAF36

#BCAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF36
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -9.10, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 61.03, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0311 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7364, 41.6192, 9.5875)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF36 #3643BC

analogous

#BC6C36 #BCAF36 #86BC36

triadic

#BCAF36 #36BCAF #AF36BC

tetradic

#BCAF36 #36BC6C #3643BC #BC3686

square

#BCAF36 #36BC6C #3643BC #BC3686

split-complementary

#BCAF36 #3686BC #6C36BC

monochromatic

#5D561B #8C8328 #BCAF36 #D1C65E #DFD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF36

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF36	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)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c675',
    500: '#bcaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf36;
$custom-light: #d4c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF36

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF36

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

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