#BCAE21#BCAE21

#BCAE21 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	#BCAE21
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -9.40, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 67.48, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0339 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.148 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1513, 41.0749, 7.4626)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE21 #212FBC

analogous

#BC6121 #BCAE21 #7CBC21

triadic

#BCAE21 #21BCAE #AE21BC

tetradic

#BCAE21 #21BC61 #212FBC #BC217C

square

#BCAE21 #21BC61 #212FBC #BC217C

split-complementary

#BCAE21 #217CBC #6121BC

monochromatic

#544E0F #887E18 #BCAE21 #DDCF3D #E6DC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE21

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE21	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)

#C3AF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56b',
    500: '#bcae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae21;
$custom-light: #d4c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.581,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE21

secondary

#6C75CD

accent

#4BED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE21

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

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