#BCAF48#BCAF48

#BCAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF48
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -8.04, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 53.64, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0261 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2401, 41.8206, 12.2402)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF48 #4855BC

analogous

#BC7548 #BCAF48 #8FBC48

triadic

#BCAF48 #48BCAF #AF48BC

tetradic

#BCAF48 #48BC75 #4855BC #BC488F

square

#BCAF48 #48BC75 #4855BC #BC488F

split-complementary

#BCAF48 #488FBC #7548BC

monochromatic

#655E25 #928735 #BCAF48 #CCC375 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF48

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF48	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67f',
    500: '#bcaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf48;
$custom-light: #d3c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF48

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF48

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

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