#BCAE22#BCAE22

#BCAE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.147 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE22
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -9.37, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 67.21, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0337 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.147 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1655, 41.0806, 7.5374)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE22 #2230BC

analogous

#BC6122 #BCAE22 #7DBC22

triadic

#BCAE22 #22BCAE #AE22BC

tetradic

#BCAE22 #22BC61 #2230BC #BC227D

square

#BCAE22 #22BC61 #2230BC #BC227D

split-complementary

#BCAE22 #227DBC #6122BC

monochromatic

#544E0F #887E19 #BCAE22 #DCCE3F #E6DB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE22

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE22	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	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: #bcae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56c',
    500: '#bcae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae22;
$custom-light: #d4c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE22

secondary

#6D76CD

accent

#4CEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE22

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

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