#BCAF39#BCAF39

#BCAF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF39
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -8.94, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 59.88, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0304 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8091, 41.6482, 9.9701)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF39 #3946BC

analogous

#BC6E39 #BCAF39 #87BC39

triadic

#BCAF39 #39BCAF #AF39BC

tetradic

#BCAF39 #39BC6E #3946BC #BC3987

square

#BCAF39 #39BC6E #3946BC #BC3987

split-complementary

#BCAF39 #3987BC #6E39BC

monochromatic

#5E581D #8D832B #BCAF39 #D0C563 #DED692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF39

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF39	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)

#BFA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c677',
    500: '#bcaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf39;
$custom-light: #d4c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF39

secondary

#888EC9

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF39

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

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