#BCAF38#BCAF38

#BCAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF38
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -8.99, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.27, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0306 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.7844, 41.6384, 9.8400)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF38 #3845BC

analogous

#BC6D38 #BCAF38 #87BC38

triadic

#BCAF38 #38BCAF #AF38BC

tetradic

#BCAF38 #38BC6D #3845BC #BC3887

square

#BCAF38 #38BC6D #3845BC #BC3887

split-complementary

#BCAF38 #3887BC #6D38BC

monochromatic

#5E571C #8D832A #BCAF38 #D0C561 #DED690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF38

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF38	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)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c676',
    500: '#bcaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf38;
$custom-light: #d4c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF38

secondary

#878DC9

accent

#59DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF38

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

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