#BCAE20#BCAE20

#BCAE20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.148 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCAE20
RGBrgb(188, 174, 32)
HSLhsl(55, 71%, 43%)
HSVhsv(55, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.4%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.22, -9.43, 67.08)
CIE-LCHlch(70.22, 67.74, 98.01°)
OKLaboklab(74.01% -0.034 0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(74.01% 0.148 103.3)
XYZxyz(36.1375, 41.0694, 7.3899)
Luminance0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCAE20 #202EBC
analogous
#BC6020 #BCAE20 #7CBC20
triadic
#BCAE20 #20BCAE #AE20BC
tetradic
#BCAE20 #20BC60 #202EBC #BC207C
square
#BCAE20 #20BC60 #202EBC #BC207C
split-complementary
#BCAE20 #207CBC #6020BC
monochromatic
#534D0E #887E17 #BCAE20 #DECF3B #E7DC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#BCAE20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21
#BCAE20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE20
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCAE20#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCAE201.002.289.219.21
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2121.001.001.00
##0000009.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3AF2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBA195
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcae20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56b',
    500: '#bcae20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcae20;
$custom-light: #d5c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcae20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCAE20
secondary
#6B74CD
accent
#4AEE3A
background
#FDFCF6
surface
#FBF8EC
border
#D4D1C7
text
#151207
muted
#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE20

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#BCAE20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva