#BCAE25#BCAE25

#BCAE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.146 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE25
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -9.28, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 66.37, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0332 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.146 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2107, 41.0986, 7.7754)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE25 #2533BC

analogous

#BC6325 #BCAE25 #7FBC25

triadic

#BCAE25 #25BCAE #AE25BC

tetradic

#BCAE25 #25BC63 #2533BC #BC257F

square

#BCAE25 #25BC63 #2533BC #BC257F

split-complementary

#BCAE25 #257FBC #6325BC

monochromatic

#564F11 #897F1B #BCAE25 #DACC44 #E4DA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE25

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE25	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)

#C3AF31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.146 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56d',
    500: '#bcae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae25;
$custom-light: #d4c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.437,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE25

secondary

#7179CC

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE25

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

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