#BCAF42#BCAF42

#BCAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF42
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -8.43, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 56.24, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0279 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0538, 41.7461, 11.2592)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF42 #424FBC

analogous

#BC7242 #BCAF42 #8CBC42

triadic

#BCAF42 #42BCAF #AF42BC

tetradic

#BCAF42 #42BC72 #424FBC #BC428C

square

#BCAF42 #42BC72 #424FBC #BC428C

split-complementary

#BCAF42 #428CBC #7242BC

monochromatic

#615B22 #8F8532 #BCAF42 #CCC26F #DCD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF42

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF42	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67c',
    500: '#bcaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf42;
$custom-light: #d3c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF42

secondary

#9197C9

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF42

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

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