#BCAE23#BCAE23

#BCAE23 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	#BCAE23
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -9.34, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 66.94, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0336 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.147 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1802, 41.0864, 7.6145)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE23 #2331BC

analogous

#BC6123 #BCAE23 #7DBC23

triadic

#BCAE23 #23BCAE #AE23BC

tetradic

#BCAE23 #23BC61 #2331BC #BC237D

square

#BCAE23 #23BC61 #2331BC #BC237D

split-complementary

#BCAE23 #237DBC #6123BC

monochromatic

#554E10 #887E19 #BCAE23 #DCCD41 #E5DB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE23

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE23	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)

#C3AF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56c',
    500: '#bcae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae23;
$custom-light: #d4c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE23

secondary

#6F77CC

accent

#4CEB3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE23

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

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