#BCAF45#BCAF45

#BCAF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF45
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -8.24, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 54.95, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.027 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1446, 41.7824, 11.7373)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF45 #4552BC

analogous

#BC7345 #BCAF45 #8EBC45

triadic

#BCAF45 #45BCAF #AF45BC

tetradic

#BCAF45 #45BC73 #4552BC #BC458E

square

#BCAF45 #45BC73 #4552BC #BC458E

split-complementary

#BCAF45 #458EBC #7345BC

monochromatic

#635C24 #908634 #BCAF45 #CCC272 #DCD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF45

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF45	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67d',
    500: '#bcaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf45;
$custom-light: #d3c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF45

secondary

#949AC9

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF45

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

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