#BCAF40#BCAF40

#BCAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF40
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -8.55, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 57.07, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0285 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.131 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9959, 41.7230, 10.9541)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF40 #404DBC

analogous

#BC7140 #BCAF40 #8BBC40

triadic

#BCAF40 #40BCAF #AF40BC

tetradic

#BCAF40 #40BC71 #404DBC #BC408B

square

#BCAF40 #40BC71 #404DBC #BC408B

split-complementary

#BCAF40 #408BBC #7140BC

monochromatic

#615A21 #8E8530 #BCAF40 #CDC36C #DDD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF40

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF40	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67a',
    500: '#bcaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf40;
$custom-light: #d3c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF40

secondary

#8F95C9

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF40

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

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