#BCAF4B#BCAF4B

#BCAF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF4B
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -7.83, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 52.31, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0252 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3404, 41.8608, 12.7683)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF4B #4B58BC

analogous

#BC774B #BCAF4B #91BC4B

triadic

#BCAF4B #4BBCAF #AF4BBC

tetradic

#BCAF4B #4BBC77 #4B58BC #BC4B91

square

#BCAF4B #4BBC77 #4B58BC #BC4B91

split-complementary

#BCAF4B #4B91BC #774BBC

monochromatic

#665F26 #938837 #BCAF4B #CDC378 #DDD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF4B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF4B	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)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c681',
    500: '#bcaf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf4b;
$custom-light: #d3c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74537,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF4B

secondary

#999ECA

accent

#61D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF4B

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

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