#BCAF49#BCAF49

#BCAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF49
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -7.97, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 53.20, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0258 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2730, 41.8338, 12.4134)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF49 #4956BC

analogous

#BC7549 #BCAF49 #8FBC49

triadic

#BCAF49 #49BCAF #AF49BC

tetradic

#BCAF49 #49BC75 #4956BC #BC498F

square

#BCAF49 #49BC75 #4956BC #BC498F

split-complementary

#BCAF49 #498FBC #7549BC

monochromatic

#655E25 #928836 #BCAF49 #CCC376 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF49

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF49	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c680',
    500: '#bcaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf49;
$custom-light: #d3c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF49

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF49

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

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