#BCAF46#BCAF46

#BCAF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF46
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -8.17, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 54.52, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0267 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1759, 41.7950, 11.9022)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF46 #4653BC

analogous

#BC7446 #BCAF46 #8EBC46

triadic

#BCAF46 #46BCAF #AF46BC

tetradic

#BCAF46 #46BC74 #4653BC #BC468E

square

#BCAF46 #46BC74 #4653BC #BC468E

split-complementary

#BCAF46 #468EBC #7446BC

monochromatic

#645D24 #908634 #BCAF46 #CCC273 #DDD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF46

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF46	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)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67e',
    500: '#bcaf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf46;
$custom-light: #d3c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF46

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#60D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF46

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

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