#BCAF37#BCAF37

#BCAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF37
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -9.04, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 60.65, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0309 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.7602, 41.6287, 9.7125)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF37 #3744BC

analogous

#BC6C37 #BCAF37 #87BC37

triadic

#BCAF37 #37BCAF #AF37BC

tetradic

#BCAF37 #37BC6C #3744BC #BC3787

square

#BCAF37 #37BC6C #3744BC #BC3787

split-complementary

#BCAF37 #3787BC #6C37BC

monochromatic

#5D571B #8D8329 #BCAF37 #D0C560 #DED78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF37

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF37	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c675',
    500: '#bcaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf37;
$custom-light: #d4c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF37

secondary

#868CC9

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF37

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

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