#BCAF47#BCAF47

#BCAF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF47
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -8.11, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 54.08, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0264 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2078, 41.8077, 12.0698)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF47 #4754BC

analogous

#BC7447 #BCAF47 #8FBC47

triadic

#BCAF47 #47BCAF #AF47BC

tetradic

#BCAF47 #47BC74 #4754BC #BC478F

square

#BCAF47 #47BC74 #4754BC #BC478F

split-complementary

#BCAF47 #478FBC #7447BC

monochromatic

#645D24 #918735 #BCAF47 #CCC374 #DDD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF47

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF47	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67f',
    500: '#bcaf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf47;
$custom-light: #d3c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF47

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF47

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

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