#BCAF3B#BCAF3B

#BCAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF3B
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -8.83, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 59.10, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0298 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8600, 41.6686, 10.2381)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF3B #3B48BC

analogous

#BC6E3B #BCAF3B #89BC3B

triadic

#BCAF3B #3BBCAF #AF3BBC

tetradic

#BCAF3B #3BBC6E #3B48BC #BC3B89

square

#BCAF3B #3BBC6E #3B48BC #BC3B89

split-complementary

#BCAF3B #3B89BC #6E3BBC

monochromatic

#5F581E #8D842C #BCAF3B #CFC465 #DDD694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF3B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF3B	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)

#BFA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c678',
    500: '#bcaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf3b;
$custom-light: #d4c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF3B

secondary

#8A90C9

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF3B

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

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