#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
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -9.43, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 67.74, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.034 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.148 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1375, 41.0694, 7.3899)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCAE20	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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