#BCAF44#BCAF44

#BCAF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF44
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -8.30, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 55.39, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0273 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.127 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1138, 41.7701, 11.5752)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF44 #4451BC

analogous

#BC7344 #BCAF44 #8DBC44

triadic

#BCAF44 #44BCAF #AF44BC

tetradic

#BCAF44 #44BC73 #4451BC #BC448D

square

#BCAF44 #44BC73 #4451BC #BC448D

split-complementary

#BCAF44 #448DBC #7344BC

monochromatic

#625C23 #8F8533 #BCAF44 #CCC271 #DCD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF44

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF44	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)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67d',
    500: '#bcaf44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf44;
$custom-light: #d3c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74467,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF44

secondary

#9399C9

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF44

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

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